Do you like the name Finlay??

[dewberry1]

Have I even spelt that right?? ha
I also like Fraser..
and if it a girl I have no ideas..My darling son wants Olivia but ive been put off by people saying its common..sob! xx

Finlay is very common round here!! Like Finn but not sure about Finlay -- think it sounds a bit weak... but Finn is all he-man...

I have a Fin, but he isn't a Finlay. Go for it if you like it. I am not sure how common it is or how common you would want it to be.

I wouldn't say Olivia is common! (do you mean common as in a snobbish way, or common as in popular? It is quite popular I suppose)

I like Finlay, I would have liked it for my ds. You can spell it Findlay too.

I think their all lovely names but it's really what you think that matters.

I don't think Olivia is common though.

'Fraid not. Don't like Fraser either.
Re. Olivia, don't think it's common at all - I actually have the opposite associations! (Or do you mean common as in loads of girls have it?) And I like it

Don't like Finley or Fraser. Like Finn.

Don't like Olivia, I like Liv.

I am an old fogey when it comes to names though and like the good old classics so ignore me.

Don't really like Finlay or Fraser much - sorry.

Olivia is fairly popular around here but I wouldn't have said it was all that common a name.

LOve the names Finn and Finlay and Olivia isn't common here at all...
My Dh works with a man with a very bright and funny 7 year old son called Finn and often comes home with the latest "Finnism".

I like them. I especially like Fraser

At the dds school there are

10 Finlays
6 Gabriels
5 Kais
3 Finns

I would avoid those names for that reason. In the playground you hear a mum shout "Fin!" and every boy stops, thinking it is either them or their best mate.

finlay/finn was the other name i had on my list for ds! fab name!

i have a nephew called Finn and he really suits it. its a nice name for an adult too which is important

Well my Fin is actually Finbar and I have never met any other child with that name, and I still find it hard to call him by his name in public as I am embarrassed by the almost guaranteed stares from strangers when they hear his name. I call him Fin in public and get away with fewer stares.

So Fin(n) may be common, and Finlay may be too, but Finbar definitely is not!

i like finn, not finlay

finbar is fab as well! reminds me of catch 22...

i get stares at my ds's name too LM, and I ALWAYS have to repeat it several times when people ask his name

I wanted Finnian for ds. Finn for short.

Starlover, me too. People look at you as if you are from outer space (unless they are from Ireland, in which case they think it is as normal as James or Matthew!) and I have to spell it evrywhere I go (it is phonetic FGS!) I always wanted unusual names for my children but the way it has turned out, Finbar has the most unusual, and I must admit, other people's reactions are a bit of a pain.

and people always ask where i got it too... why do i have to get it from anywhere? maybe i just like it!

bet they don't ask all the harry and jack and chloes mums where they got their names from

Actually they do , I have a Harry (Only one round here and at nursery) and our next door neighbours asked if we were Royalists!

WOW!! so many replies..thanks chics..your all so fab!
Think it will be Finn if it a boy..loved that name even before i got pregnant..
When I asked about Olivia being common I mean overly popular..do like it thou..also like Esme but everyone goes UUURRRGGGHHH even my mum..think il keep these names to myself then no one in the family can have an opinion till its to late...
Im not even due till June..ha!! like to be prepared xxx

really lizzylou? lol
are you? hehehe

well lockets... if you will name your children after big brother contestants...

dewberry.. i LOVE esme! i think it's a really sweet name. fwiw dp's parents, and my nana all hated ds's name... but i don't care!
olivia does seem to be everywhere these days doesn't it?