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Finley
by Sadie-Janae
1/3/2017, 8:43 AM
A colleague has just had a baby boy and named him Finley.What are your thoughts on Finley/Finlay?
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- Adina (AdinaAlbina)
1/3/2017, 5:30 PM
I like this on a boy. The name is so weak, I think.
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- Piccadilly   +5
1/3/2017, 4:45 PM
I'm over it. Sure, it's a fine name but I hear it all the time.
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- Eden (eden_eli)   +4
1/4/2017, 5:53 AM
You must be in Europe somewhere? I've only heard it used 3 other times here - one on a very very old man, one on a guy who was 16 when my son was born, and once on a little boy in a playground who was about a year younger. The little boy's mom was surprised as I was that they shared the name!
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- Piccadilly   +3
1/4/2017, 1:53 PM
I'm in Kentucky too and it might just be my area but it's very popular for boys and girls ages 3-6 or so.
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- Eden (eden_eli)
1/5/2017, 6:02 AM
Wow! That's very interesting. I guess because my son is in 8th grade, I don't hear as much about the little ones.
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- Aine (poetic_freedom)   +1
1/4/2017, 5:15 PM
Considering it has never made the top 100 in Kentucky for boys- and state data only goes to the top 100- even if it was ranked 103 (just off what's reported) in 2012 and there were 60 Finleys in the state born that year making them 3-4 years old now. That would mean roughly 12.6% of the nation's 476 Finleys were born in Kentucky that year, which seems unlikely without a significant cultural reason specific to Kentucky. I went on a little statistics dive because it seemed interesting that Finley would be "very popular" in Kentucky but no where else in the country. It seems like "very popular" would be a stretch even if it was significantly more popular in Kentucky than other states.https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi
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- Eden (eden_eli)
1/5/2017, 6:03 AM
Thank you! That does seem odd. Of course, maybe my lovely boy has just influenced our whole state. :D
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- aussiechic04
1/3/2017, 2:08 PM
I like it on a girl. It's very feminine in my opinion. Prefer Finn or Flynn for a boy.
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- Pink Princess
1/3/2017, 12:43 PM
I don't mind it at all actually, it's quite a nice name. Glad to see it's been used for a boy and not a girl too!
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- Eden (eden_eli)
1/3/2017, 10:46 AM
Finley is my son's name (he's 14). He goes by Finn about half the time. His middle name is Clark. Obviously I love Finley/Finn. We/he get(s) compliments on his name all the time.
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