NN/whole name...

7 replies

Jaypickle · 29/04/2009 16:52

Ok, I have 2 boys already, a Jacob and a Jonah, and am having another, I think it will be another boy.

So the name at the top of my list is Finn, but OH insists that is a nickname, and he must have a whole name, so he wants to call him Fintan, which I don't love (I might go for Finlay, but he hates it)

Would you go for the full name you're not sure about, and always just call him the shortened version, or would you just think of another name?
Opinions please.

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pranma · 29/04/2009 16:58

Finn is NOT a nickname but a very old name in its own right.It means 'fair'as in colouring not justice.My dgs is Finn and they researched ithoroughly.

randomname · 29/04/2009 16:59

depends on surname sometimes sounds better but why give him a name noone uses?(as someone who is only known by nn it seems silly)

Finbar?

belgo · 29/04/2009 17:00

Phineas?

I know a Finn.

Breizhette · 29/04/2009 17:00

Finn is definitely not a nickname.

Gorionine · 29/04/2009 17:03

I know a little boy called Finn it is not a nickname (I asked the mum).

RachieB · 30/04/2009 12:30

I know a Fin who is Finlay, and another who is Finnian

jellybeans · 30/04/2009 17:37

just call him the shortened version. I don't get giving a long version that you don't like/won't use! Most names have varied over time anyway and become names in their own right after a while eg Jack.

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