Finn...lovely or not mn's???

[CinderellaRach]

Hi mn's I've just had my 20week scan and found out I'm having a boy.I already have ds 19mnths called Ellis.
I absolutely love the name Finn but dh says it's silly and not a real name.He like's Chester(which I hate).Does anyone know of any Finn's?Do you like the name or do you think I'm 'trying too hard'?Honest opinions please!!!xx

I have a Finn (actually Finlay). I prefer Finn if I'm honest but choose Finlay as DH prefered that.

It is fairly popular but what can you do...all the nice names are!

prefer Kester. as a nn for Christopher.

that was in response to the post at the bottom of page 1 about Chester! my comment must have seemed bizarrely random.

Fintan is stronger than Finlay, but in Ireland, Fintan is the form you'd expect older men to have, and Finn or Fionn more common amongst children.

My favourite form is Fionn (fyun) but I guess that might be too similar to Ffyon (fee on) in Wales?

I say all the nice names are popular but I dont mean that all the popular names are nice!

Actually, emerald, I think there are lots of names that are not popular at the moment, but are nice enough to deserve to be.

eg

Patrick

Well I agree with you there - Patrick is my sons middle name

I'm always suggesting Patrick, it's my DHs name

Finn is fabulous. I have only ever taught wonderful Finns (some Finlay). It is no where near at the same popularity of Jack - even if you add all the Finn names together.

Look at the National Statistics website and it has the number of births for each name.

I agree that popular names are popular for a reason (although I must say I'm rather bored with Jack), and remember not everyone wants to be unique.

Thankyou frizzylizzy I still love it!I know it might sound popular to some but that's not my problem when it comes to DH he thinks no one else has it and it's silly and ott!!xx

I have a Finian, known as Finn and I only know of one other. Its a brilliant name.

I love it. DH doesn't. End of unfortunately. Hope you have better luck!

Finn is a real Gaelic name! My ds2 is Finbar, shortened to Finn after Finn McCool the great warrior.
It's an ace name but my son is nearly 3 and thinks he is an actual warrior, not the name of a faint hearted individual!

What about Fingal (since we're talking about legends)? DH just sighed then.

Could you use Finlay for a girl do you think? (Is the Home & Away link too strong?)

Lovely- a favourite of mine.

I also love Patrick

I know an MNer who has both

when i was pg 4 yrs ago there were hardly any Finn's, then everyone went and copied me

(i choose it because of the Finn Mcool connection too, thought i was the only one )

Love the name and called my son Finn. It is an Irish/Gaelic name and is properly spelled Fionn but for ease of spelling it's just Finn and it so suits him. It means fair one.

FWIW I dislike it when someone gives a child a name because it's more traditional or acceptable but shorten it to the name they really want. Be bold.

I chose mine after a hero in a book called the Silver Darlings which I read at school and the name stuck in my subconscious all those years.

i wonder who that could be bof

yes unless your guaranteed a blondie, its seems a bit silly, as Finn means fair/fair haired one

My Finn is blonde and v v v curly headed.
We have a lot of Celtic influence
In fact Finn is Finbar Seamus Lawrence which my FIl mocks by saying
" so he is first a hero warrior, secondly an idiot and 3rdly a scholar hmmm"

But both my elder kids have Padriag and Niamh as middle names... respectively

I have Siobhan as a middle name, and my OH is 1st gen English from Irish parents

Nearly all variants of Finn names are of Irish origin - there's 4 pages of them in my Irish baby name book!

Our son is Finbarr (from Fionnbarra - the fair haired warrier and patron saint of Cork). I notice a couple of other Finbar's above - we've not many any in the UK so far, but lots in Cork.

I think it has become a lot more popular since I picked it for my little boy 7 years ago but it is still not that common. My son is the only 'Finn' in his whole school.
Our 'Finn' has turned out to be a bright, chatty, easy-going wee boy it really suits him,I have no regrets about choosing it.

My boy is called Finn so we think it is a great name. Did think about Finbar and shortening it to Finn but decided against that. Our boy does say that Finn isn't a name that you would call a man though!

Not a single Finn round here; in fact, I'm not sure I've ever met one.

I only know of one Finn around here and he's about 10, I love the name Finlay but dh vetoed it (because I used to have a poster of Finlay Quaye when I was 16).
I also considered Fenton with a nn Finn.