Finnleigh - how best to spell it

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This seems to be one of thirty-one spellings and slight variations for this name....

It is my friend's 'boys name' - She asked me "So, how shall I spell it, then?"

MN name experts - pleeeeaaaaase - make me look wewlly cleva and tell me which spelling I should say she should go for and why!?!

Thank you for your time.

Finlay or Finley.

Or even Fynnlee.

Finlay

Finleigh would be a girls name.

Finlay

I know a Finlee

Finlay

Finnleigh is barking and reminds me of some great grafetti I read once in Oxfordshire

"Keigh-Leigh does it with her dog."

Well it was certainly memorable .

pronunciation is the same regardless of spelling i believe.

Thanks LackaDAISYcal!

I will report back my findings and let you know what she goes for - if she sticks with that name at all, at all, at all! We all know what pregnant ladies are like!

She thinks Finley is her favourite!

Thank you

lmao @ Finnleigh !! hideous

definitely Finlay

lovely name

My son is a Findlay - my understanding is that Finlay is the Irish spelling and Findlay is the Scottish.

Finley just looks wrong to me. Finnleigh?!! I shall reserve judgement!

Finlay.

RachieB - I think her names are just lovely too. If Beanie is a girl she will be Aisha (have I spelt that right?) which sounds simply perfect to me!

Actually, I am terribly jealous of her great taste in names!!!! - I am sure my dd is too!!!!

Blottedcopybook - They are Liverpudlians but I think, like many Liverpudlians her husband's family actually have Irish origins.... mmmmm.... so I wonder if it would make sense to spell the name Finlay?

Finlay or Findlay.
Finnleigh??? And you are asking us for reasons why we don't like it? ok,

Does she want a child that will go through its whole life having to say 'no actually its spelled f-i-n-n-l-e-i-g-h' and see everyone raise a knowing eyebrow that his mother was trying to give him an exotic name but just ended up with something chavvy and made up.

Fibbertyjibbet - EXACTLY!!!

Well... that is why I am asking you lot how best to spell it!

I once taught a girl called....

Shauvaun (???!!!!???)

We saw there are 31 spellings for Finley - and wondered which were the 'proper' and 'normal' spellings... and which were the daft ones.... iyswim.

My friend has a step daughter called Meloney.

Thats how I know about these things

• Fibbertyjibbet!!!

My friend has a dog called Phydough

seeker - are you making that up???

No - they really have. A lovely lurcher.

seeker lmao !!!

bwaaah haaa haaa haaaa - fantastic stuff, seeker!

It gives them huge private pleasure whenever they call his name and confuses the hell out of the vet!

Findlay - I live in Scotland and that's how it is spelt here. It looks wrong without the 'd' to me.
I looked the name up and the Irish version seems to be the fionnlach spelling and the Scottish version is with the 'd'.
Don't ask why I am up at this time!