Finley Lewis

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What do you think of the name Finley Lewis?

Finley and nickname Finn are very 'chavvy' or common IMO.

I dislike the name Finley enormously, and find its recent surge in popularity perplexing.

The Fin names are 10 a penny round here. It does sound downmarket to me.

I'm afraid I don't like Fin/Finn either.

It does indeed feel very 'now' and 'trendy' which is why some people may describe it as common (in the sense of very popular).

I personally prefer more timeless, classic names outside the top 100, but of course, it's your baby, your choice!

Used by middle class types where I live.

I really like it but could never use it as my good friend has one.

Used by chavvy common types in my experience . All spellings too, can't tell the ifference as they're all 'Fin'.
Lewis or Louis woul be less trendy choices.

Finn Lewis goes together better than Finley.
Tho' neither are names I'd use personally. Just my opinion.

Finn is a great name.

I suspect that most of the chav insults doing the rounds at the moment are coming from the same IP address.

I used to think I'd like to have a Finegan if I ever had a boy but Fin/Finn is so ridiculously popular that it's taken the shine off slightly.

Finlay is a better spelling.

Lewis I am not fond of.

Chav is a lazy word, yes but as is clear on here and in rl, it is used and people will use it in reference to all sorts of things. Obviously, the best thing to do is to ignore it and remember that a child becomes his name and transcends its meaning and connotations. However, if you're asking on here, public opinion obviously matters to you and you might want to consider what other lazy generalisations people may make about your child.

I like it and the Irish spelling of Finley. It is extremely popular, far too popular to be used by one class and be called 'chav'.

like finley lewis

Bit too popular, I know loads. First thought on Finlay Lewis was too many 'L' sounds.

Finlay the Fireengine, here comes Finlay toot toot toot....

Fin/Finn very popular around here. Not that keen for that reason.

Lewis is ok, although there is the issue of spelling - Lewis or Louis?

Not so keen on Finlay I'm afraid but I love Lewis!

I think that Lewis and Louis are two completely different names though - one Loo-is and the other Loo-ee.

I'm curious, as we are also considering Finn (without the ley or the lay). I realise it's no longer an unusual name, but I'm trying to gauge whether it's off the scale popular (aka Jack or Thomas) or just normally popular. Which would be fine. I have a normally popular name for my era, and I don't think it's a big deal.

nerdy bit coming up...

If you look at the 2008 boy stats, and add together all the variants of the name, (as they will all end up being called Finn I'm sure), it still only comes in the the mid teens in popularity. Numerically way behind many of the classic top ten boys names. More anecdotally, though it is mentioned on the thread "list the last three names born to your family and friends", there are plenty of other names that are mentioned more often.

So when people say there are 'load of them'... do they just mean compared to ten years ago, or that it's popular compared to something like are compared to names in top 50-100, or that they notice it more because of ???, or that the stats are now out of date and there's been a bit surge in Finns?!

Just curious... this is our first so I don't have the informal network of what's on the nursery pegs to fall back on.

I have a Finn, and whilst it's popular, it's not top 10 popular like Jack, Oliver, Charlie.

I think it's a fab name (obviously)and I think of it as a new classic. Whilst Finley may go out of fashion at some point I think that Finn will remain popular. It's kind of the Ben/Sam of this generation.

My Finn is three and I still positive it was the right choice for him.