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Help[Opinions] Re: Finley for a Girl?
in reply to a message by Elle
No, it's a masculin name through and through. I could never imagine it on a girl. If I met a girl called Finley, I would instantly think that the parents think so low of women that they rather give their child a masculin name because it's "better" and "stronger", as if femininity was weakness.
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I don't think it has anything to do with giving girls masculine sounding names, it's that Finley isn't a common or widely known name in the US, and it sounds like a girls name. Finley has a similar feel to Ashley, which usuage is 100% female in the US. Most people don't care about the etymology of name, they care how it looks, sounds, and is perceived. With the current US naming trends, Finley sounds like very put together girls name or a very sissy boys name.
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Why do you think it sounds like a girls name? Does Stanley? Does Bradley?
And why do you think it's a "sissy boys" name? Finn is a very masculine nickname.
Also, I know several male Ashleys, so, no, it's not 100% female in the US.
And why do you think it's a "sissy boys" name? Finn is a very masculine nickname.
Also, I know several male Ashleys, so, no, it's not 100% female in the US.
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But why not a classic girl's name then?
I think the reason parents like Finley for a girl is that they realize that it is a masculine name (or a surname). But since it is uncommon, it is too "sissy" for a boy.
The whole concept of "too sissy for a boy" is rather sexist imo. The thinking must be girl = weak, boy = macho. And anything new and unusual is not macho enough but ok for girls.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
I think the reason parents like Finley for a girl is that they realize that it is a masculine name (or a surname). But since it is uncommon, it is too "sissy" for a boy.
The whole concept of "too sissy for a boy" is rather sexist imo. The thinking must be girl = weak, boy = macho. And anything new and unusual is not macho enough but ok for girls.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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