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What are all the long name possibilities for a Finn?

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Mumblyboo · 17/08/2013 11:31

I think I like Finn but worried about its popularity? Is it v popular? I don't know any.... It clearly needs a long name but not sold on Finley - inspire me please....

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Jojay · 17/08/2013 11:32

Fintan?

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Littlecherublegs · 17/08/2013 11:34

Finbar
Finnian

I think Finlay is lovely!

I only know of one who is about 3 months old.

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MothershipG · 17/08/2013 11:41

I have a Griffin, I thought he'd be Fin for short (but he never was because I love his name so much I never really felt the need to shorten it.) I love his name because it's unusual but not "out there", easy to spell and alliterates with our surname which works well.

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OnTheBottomWithAWomensWeekly · 17/08/2013 11:56

Finian ( 1 n)

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Somethingyesterday · 17/08/2013 12:01

Phineas
Theophilus (at a stretch..)
Felix (ditto)

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PattieOfurniture · 17/08/2013 12:02

Not exactly the lines you were thinking but my first thought was huckleberry

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ArrowToTheKnee · 17/08/2013 12:04

Finnamon

Finnking

Finnalot

(I can go on if you want...)

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josiejay · 17/08/2013 12:05

I think Finn on its own is OK.

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thegreylady · 17/08/2013 13:15

Lots of Finlays and Finleys but very few Finns!
My dgs is Finn and if you are looking for 'personalised' stuff there is always a Finlay and never a Finn.If you look it up it is a name in its own right.dd and dsil chose it because they loved the Irish stories about Finn McCool[sp?] and because it can't be shortened.They considered Finbar but settled on Finn as that is the name they love.In his class there are two Finlays but there isn't another Finn in the whole school!
can you guess-I love the name :)

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NorbertDentressangle · 17/08/2013 13:19

Finbar .....but that makes me think of Finbar Saunders and his Double Entendres (Viz character IIRC)

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FrauGrau · 18/08/2013 09:16

Finn on its own is a well accepted name in Ireland (sometimes with the spelling Fionn) and also in Scandinavia . If you want a long version, I like Thorfinn.

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MyNameIsSuz · 19/08/2013 15:47

I have a Franklin, and one of the baby naming sites suggested Finn and Flynn among the shortenings for it.

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allbie · 19/08/2013 15:52

Finn is great as it is but I much prefer Finbar to all the alternatives. Crikey, Norbert, you must be getting on...still harking on about Finbar Saunders!!

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RoastedCouchPotatoes · 19/08/2013 17:41

Finnegan
Griffin?

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NorbertDentressangle · 19/08/2013 18:08

allbie - yep, i sure am old Grin.

I just remember it from my student days. It stuck in my mind as, at the time, I was doing a teaching practice and there was a Finn in my class. It took all my concentration to avoid calling him Finbar.

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Blanketsandpillows · 19/08/2013 18:16

I love the name Finn just on its own.

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JacqueslePeacock · 19/08/2013 18:19

I think Finton is good. My great great uncle was Finton, so it has a reasonably long history too (not a made up name, IYSWIM!)

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Arudonto · 19/08/2013 20:02

Finn
Finbar
Fintan
Finnan
Finian
Finnegan
Finley
Finlay
Griffin
Phineas

Fionn is a seperate name again..pronounce fee-un over here in Ireland anyway

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allbie · 20/08/2013 20:02

Glad you weren't offended Norbert! I thought about my comment afterwards and hoped it wasn't taken as an ageist taunt! No offence meant!!

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TallulahBetty · 20/08/2013 20:12

I know a little Finnan.

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NorbertDentressangle · 21/08/2013 15:34

allbie -none taken, don't worry. Smile

I know what you mean about thinking about something after you post and hoping its taken the right way, especially when you see so many things kick off needlessly on here.

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Finola1step · 21/08/2013 16:07

I knew a boy called Finton who was lovely

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SpaceKoala · 22/08/2013 21:28

My little boy is Finnegan Smile

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