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Finch?
What do you think of the name Finch on a boy? Is it too hippie? Would it fit in at all with my other favorite boy names which are classics like William, Edmund, and August?
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It's a VERY popular last name for the Rom, so I think of it as very "gypsy."I kind of like it, but I'm not sure it fits too well with your other favourites.
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Hmm, thanks for letting me know that. Its interesting, but I don't know that it changes my view on the name.
If you don't think it goes well with the others in a sibset do you think it could go well as a middle name such as Edmund Finch or something similiar?
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I don't like nature names, and Finch doesn't sound all that attractive, either. It reminds me of "pinch". It's also rather pretentious in the way that Atticus is, so Finch gets a no from me.
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I've thought about it before as sort of a GP middle name sort of deal. I think it fits in very well with your style.
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I've never really considered it, but I think I like it. I wouldn't really consider it hippie, its slightly more subtle than River and co. I think it goes incredibly well with Edmund and August, not so much William, but not bad.
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I think it's sort of neat. Umm I don't have a whole lot to say about it except that I once had a dream that I was talking to this girl, and she wanted to name her kids Felik Milo and Lucas Finch. (only Felik was not EXACTLY Felik, but whatever.) Anyway these are all names I view as pretty hip, so I guess subconsciously I think Finch is a pretty hip choice. And I really like the combo Lucas Finch.
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Finch? No, I'd only limit this name to pets.
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I like it! And I think it would go with William and August better then Edmund, but it's still Ok with Edmund.
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It's a bit old fashioned to my ear, wasn't it the surname of some Dickens character? ETA: I'm thinking of Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird.Edmund and Finch, or August and Finch wouldn't be too bad together, though for William, Edmund, August, and Finch, Finch would seem out of place.

This message was edited 12/16/2009, 3:30 PM

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