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"My own English ears often hear unfamiliar foreign names as the "wrong gender" because, in English, certain sounds are more commonly associated with feminine names where, in other cultures, those same sounds may indicate masculinity. I can understand why you, and many others, might hear the sound of Finley as more feminine than masculine but I cannot get on board with the idea that it's in any way fresh/progressive/inspiring/feminist to choose a "girlier-sounding" name from the "boy's list" for a daughter. Call me crazy but, to my way of thinking, doing so indicates that there's actually something inherently "wrong" or "weak" or "undesirable" about being female/feminine, or at the very least, about being perceived as female/feminine. To me, it seems a highly sexist style of naming. YMMV, of course; just my honest opinion. :)"

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