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I love the name Finn! I prefer it on its own. Friends of mine have just had a Finley and call him Finn for short.

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Finnegan is ok, but it's very much a surname to me. Or that song, Michael Finnegan.

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I'm neutral about Finley / Finlay for a girl. I met a girl Fin once. No idea if that was her full name or if it was short for something.

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Finn over Fynn definitely!

Oh, Finn. I love him.

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I find Finnegan, Finlay, Finley, Finnian etc okay, but I adore Phineas nn Finn. It's perfection.
Fin/Finn/Finley for a girl though...let's say it nice, I don't like it. At all.

This message was edited 4/25/2012, 7:59 AM

I love Finn! I would personally use it as a nickname for Finlay. I wouldn't ever use Finlay or Finley for a girl, it's definitely all boy for me.

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If you don't like Finlay/Finley on a boy, I'd go with just Finn as Finnegan sounds a bit comedic to me and Phineas doesn't really make sense with the Finn spelling.

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Finn definitely over Fynn

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Finn is my favourite. It's my son's name. I wish though we had used Griffin as his long name though.

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I really don't like Finley or Fin for a girl. I like it as a nn for Seraphine though. I would still spell it Finn though. Fin is a part of a fish and looks awful as a name IMO.

I like Fin, but really only as a nickname for Finlay. And for a boy only.

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I think Finnegan is cute, but just too Mr. Dress-up for me (this is a reference that will only be an issue if you happened to be a kid in Canada in the 80's)

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Phineas is alright, but I have kids, so the whole Phineas and Ferb thing is a bit much for me.

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Finnegan is my favorite, I also like Phineas to an extent. I like Finley/Finlay too. I definitely would use a more full name for it, with Finn as a nickname. What about Finian?

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I really dislike Finley and Finn for a girl. It's completely masculine to me.

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Finn over Fynn any day. Fynn cheapens Finn.

I really love all three of those. Finn is my favorite followed by Phineas and then Finnegan. But it's a close one and I change my mind on this often.

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I'm curious if you have seen the spelling Finnagan before or if you have heard of the names Finnan / Fionnan or Finnian?
I am a fan of Fintan / Fionntan, it personally is my favorite Finn name.
I'm also curious if you know of Findlay or Fingal / Fingall?
Have you ever seen the spelling Finees for Phineas or Fionnlagh for Finlay before? I personally prefer the spelling of Phineas over Finees but I just wanted to put it out there.

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I use to hate Finola / Finnuala / Fionnuala / Fionnoula / Fionnula. But the name has grown on me over time and I really like it now. But I prefer the name Fiona and I could never imagine using both names. I think Finlay / Finley / Fionnlagh are okay for a girl but I prefer them for a boy.

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This message was edited 4/24/2012, 6:37 PM

My actual favorite to get Fin(n) is Infinity. Shh.

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Of the ones you listed, I guess Phineas. It's okay on it's own too, so Finn. I don't love Finnegan, but I don't love a lot of Irish names.

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Still don't like Finley for a girl.

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Finn not Fynn ever.

This message was edited 4/24/2012, 5:30 PM

I think it feels a bit trendy hipstery, and now it also makes me think of Glee, which is no good. I like Fionn more because I like the sound but the look doesn't give me the same vibe that way. I really like Finnegan, not a big fan of Finlay either. I also love Fionnbharr and Finlo (a Manx name).

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Fynn looks totally made up weird to me, although I did catch that German Fynn thread earlier.

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I think Finn is kind of a cute nn for a girl. I do love Fionnuala, and I also like Fionúir (fin-OOR), Fínmhidh (FIN-vee), Finnéadan (fin-AY-den), and Fionnmhaith (FIN-va). Lots of Fin names!

This message was edited 4/24/2012, 3:06 PM

I don't like Finn at all, but if I had to choose a full name for it I'd go with Finnegan.

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I don't like Fin/Finley for a girl, period. It sounds lame, IMO.

I don't like Finn. I think of a fish and then of Huckleberry.
But I certainly prefer Finn to Fynn.

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The other evening a youngish man from one of the far north Scottish islands (I didn't catch which one) was interviewed on BBC TV News for some locally-connected reason.
His surname was Craigie but his first name was one that's new to me - Thorfinn

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Thorfinn is not in the BtN database except as a user-submitted name - it must be used in those northern islands, with their Norse links, because an Earl of Orkney bore it.