Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

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• 12-Mar-2010 15:38

  Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact H and I are scouring boys names books at the moment as are stumped. We have girls names coming out of our ears but no boys names. Amongst looking we've found Finn/Finley and Finlay come up in most books as separate names. So my question is could you put Finley on a birth certificate but call him Finn, or is Finn not an abbrevation of Finley? Thanks! x   <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 12-Mar-2010 15:41

  Re: Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Splosh Joined on 23-Apr-2003 United Kingdom Posts 9,656	Contact You can put Finley OR Finn on a birth certificate. If you prefer Finn to Finlay, then do that. It doesn't have to be an abbreviation! My friend's boy if Finn.   1st December 2007 17th July 2010 (At home) #3 due August 2012     Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools

• 12-Mar-2010 15:42

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  Raquel Joined on 16-Jan-2007 United Kingdom Posts 64

  Contact Hello I have a Finley (Finley Sean) on birth certifcate and we call him Finley, Finn, Fimbo, Mr Finbar, Squigg and Peanut so i'm sure you're fine with Finn.  Lots of our friends/family call him Finn all the time As far as we could figure Finley/Finlay are the same but different spellings and Finn is the abbreviation used for both. Obviously i'm biased but i think it's a gorgeous name whichever way x Finley Sean 04/08/2009 7lb 6oz

• 12-Mar-2010 15:43

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  hannah*01/06/06 Joined on 28-Aug-2005 United Kingdom Posts 5,111	Contact I would say Finn could be a name in it's own right but I would use it as the abbreviation. Alfie 08/10/2007 Isla Rose 28/08/2010

• 12-Mar-2010 15:44

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  Mazzy-moo Joined on 21-Jan-2008 United Kingdom Posts 7,156	Contact WhannahS

• 12-Mar-2010 15:46

  Re: Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact We've always said we would put the full name on the certificate so later in life the child can use it if he/she wanted (unless the full name is not nice), but if we prefer the abbreviation we'll just introduce him as the abbreviation IYSWIM? So if we liked Finn we'd put Finley on the birth cert but introduce him to the world as Finn. But I wasn't sure if Finn was an abbreviation of Finley! However we also like Archie but would have to put Archie on the birth cert too as I don't like Archibald! Boys names are so hard! <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 12-Mar-2010 15:55

  Re: Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Mazzy-moo Joined on 21-Jan-2008 United Kingdom Posts 7,156

  Contact I should also have said Finley/Finlay are the same name when it boils down to it, and Finn is certainly an abbreviation, as well as a name in its own right. You're right though, boys names are HARD! We only managed to agree on 2 boy's names, and one of those still caused alot of debate before and after the birth! Mind you, we only have one girl's name that we both agree on*, so it'll be interesting to see what happens if we have more than one girl in the future! *I have plenty of names, H just can't see sense when it comes to them. Will you be finding out the sex Hep?

• 12-Mar-2010 15:59

  Re: Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635

  Contact Luckily girls names we seem to agree on and have a list of our favourite 3 already with one being the out and out top choice Boys - Well we kind of like about 2 but don't love any of them! Nope not finding out the sex Mazzy so have to be sure about both boy and girl names really, I just wish we loved a boys one as much as the girls one! <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 12-Mar-2010 16:03

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  Mazzy-moo Joined on 21-Jan-2008 United Kingdom Posts 7,156	Contact No idea what happened with my last post! Very odd! We knew we were having a boy, but we still couldn't decide, so had a list of 3/4 names, which in reality was a choice of 2 names. We decided once the baby was here and we'd had a bit of time with him, and he's now very definitely an O. I do think they grow into their names, and now I can't see him as anything else.

• 12-Mar-2010 16:07

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  Raquel Joined on 16-Jan-2007 United Kingdom Posts 64

  Contact Yes boys names are so hard - we could have picked about 10 goergeous girls names that we both loved. We knew we were having a boy and had over 20 weeks trying to agree on a name and still couldn't.  Even argued about it in labour (well after i had the epidural that is!). Then when he was born all of the names that were in the pipeline that we thought might have been a possiblity went out of the window and we decided he just was a Finley  (not even one of the names that we'd even thought about - no idea where it came from). Finley Sean 04/08/2009 7lb 6oz

• 12-Mar-2010 16:09

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  FunkyDiva Joined on 05-Feb-2010 Posts 463	Contact Yes you could put Finley on the birth certificate and call him Finn. I think Finley/Finn is a lovely name - not that you asked.

• 12-Mar-2010 16:14

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  *Clairejk Joined on 20-Mar-2003 United Kingdom Posts 10,024	Contact We have Finley and wanted him to have the option of Fin (I always pictured it with one n!) but don't use it ourselves, he is Finbo or FinBobaloola!! x HypnoBirthing practitioner in Greater Manchester Mummy to Finley May 2005, Alfie March 2007, my forever baby boy Robin August 2009 and Ellis August 2010

• 12-Mar-2010 16:18

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  **Pip** Joined on 25-Feb-2006 United Kingdom Posts 17,696	Contact We had Theo on the birth certificate as I didnt want Theodore or Theobald. This time (99% sure) we're having Eleni as official name and used sometimes but on a day to day basis I will also use the name Nell. Theo Michael 01.12.08 Eleni Sofia 23.03.10 Jonah Theo 11.04.11 http://www.justgiving.com/theowilson blog here: http://www.simplesite.com/TheosStar

• 12-Mar-2010 16:19

  Re: Boys Name Question - Finley / Finn

  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635	Contact It's actually sounding better every minute... Finley.... Finn... I al starting to really really like it! Will run it past H later :D <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>

• 12-Mar-2010 16:20

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  Hepburn Joined on 01-May-2007 United Kingdom Posts 15,635	Contact Pip, when you announce the birth will you tell people she's Eleni or Nell? Just curious as this is what is confusing H and I! <a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lbdf.lilypie.com/ZiOZ.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie Pregnancy tickers" /></a>