Finn or Flynn to Honor Someone? (Poll Take 2!)

I’m not sure what happened with my first post, but I’ll try again!

We’re trying to honor “Kathie” and “Lynn” through a boy’s name. However, there’s no true male form of Kathie (Kathie was not a nickname, it was her whole first name).

That said, I like that Finn has the same meaning as Kathie (“pure”), but Flynn gets the “Lynn” in there, too. Which do you prefer? Also open to middle names as well!

  • Finn
  • Flynn
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Flynn!! I love an honor name that’s as close to the honoree’s name as possible, and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] is so jaunty and great and underused compared to [name_u]Finn[/name_u].

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Henry[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] (a family surname) : )

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] :slight_smile:

[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_u]Colby[/name_u]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Isaac[/name_m]

I think [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] feels more like an honor name here. Maybe you can use a “Kathie” inspired name as a middle name? [name_u]Kit[/name_u] and [name_m]Cathan[/name_m] come to mind.

As an honour name [name_u]Finn[/name_u], in general [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]!
Perhaps you can honour [name_f]Kathie[/name_f] in a different way through a middle name?

Since [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] and [name_u]Finn[/name_u] don’t share a meaning, I don’t really see how [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] is combining the honor names. I suppose if it’s enough for you then that’s all that matters but [name_u]Finn[/name_u] and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] are completely different names, and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] is not, etymologically speaking, [name_u]Finn[/name_u] + [name_u]Lynn[/name_u]. So it feels to me that [name_u]Finn[/name_u] could honor [name_f]Kathie[/name_f] and [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] would honor [name_u]Lynn[/name_u], and neither would honor both. Personally, I slightly prefer [name_u]Finn[/name_u] but I really love both names!