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Flann is all guy for me - a blonde, floppy musician type. The guy who taught my husband to drive is called Flann actually. Hmm I like Flannán for a boy.

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I actually quite like Ennis for a girl, maybe because it is not a name you hear here at all so I have no associations with it. I have friends and family in Ennis (the county town of Clare) so I have nice connotations with the name. I like the meaning (Inis/island) and see it as a more feminine not masculine.

Ennis is the name of a town near where I live, so it doesn't really sound to me like a name for a person. If it is to be used as a name, I like it better for a boy.

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Flann just makes me think of flan, the pudding-like dessert.

This message was edited 11/15/2011, 11:26 PM

I don't really like them on boys but I definitely don't like them on a girl.

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I don't really understand how you can find a name very masculine but also quite feminine!

Annis and Fran

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make a lot more sense to me.
Flann immediately makes me think of Flann O'Brien, who was very much not a girl. Ennis just reminds me of Dennis.

I prefer Innes to Ennis, but only if there's a family link. Otherwise it's just too random. As for Flann, it can mean what it likes in medieval Irish, but today it means an open fruit pie.

Flannery is my favorite feminine name. Flann is a delicious treat, not a name.

I like Ennis, but prefer it for a boy. Flann is food to me, so no.

Definitely not Flann. It makes me think of.. a flan.

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Ennis is all masculine to me.

No, no, NO.

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Ennis reminds me of 'penis.' Flann is a dessert. I don't recommend them even for boys, but for girls? Uh-uh.

I sort of like Flann on a girl. I once read a short story with a female character named Flann. I wouldn't use it though; it reminds me of flan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flan)

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Ennis is interesting. I love Annis on a girl. Ennis looks just a little off though... I think I may have been to a town called Ennis once. Maybe that's why it doesn't seem very "namey" to me at the moment.

I love Ennis. (Note to self: must suggest Ennis more.)

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But Flann reminds me too much of flan, the custard dessert.

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ETA: Oh. On a girl? No to both. There are so many great feminine names already. I don't like how the pool of boy names is getting smaller and smaller. It's not a two way street which bothers me. Ennis *sounds* unisex, but on principle I have to say no, sorry.

This message was edited 11/14/2011, 4:28 PM

Ennis I like, never heard it before. It seems very masculine, but interesting on a girl. Flann I can't take seriously because all I think of is flan, like the food. And the dudes in Final Fantasy.

I've never really thought about Flann before, but I think it could grow on me, especially as a nickname for Flannery or Flannan. The meaning of the name is somewhat close to the feeling I take from it -- Flann makes me think of a warm fireplace and a hearty meal. The one thing holding me back at the moment is pronunciation. I'd always pronounced it as "flawn" (like fawn), but I now see it's more like "fan". It doesn't sound as attractive.

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Not a fan of Ennis on either gender, though I'm usually fond of -is girls' names. Something about it sounds vaguely medical or biological.

I dont care for them on a girl, Ennis is ok but makes me think of the city Ennis, TX, Flann just reminds me of the desert Flan so I wouldnt use it.