Honoring my cousin [name]Nicholas[/name] who I’ve always called [name]Nick[/name]. My dilemma is to Straight out name a boy [name]Nicholas[/name] or do a variant. Would two people with the same name like this go down well?
Finnick is my favourite variant. Also if he doesn’t like [name]Nick[/name] he could go by [name]Finn[/name].
Is it too much of a stretch?
Finnick or [name]Nicholas[/name]?
*Note. Not pregnant just hardcore name lover
I find [name]Nicholas[/name] to be way overdone and everyone I’ve met is a spoiled brat. That being said, I don’t think it would be bad to use it and sharing names isn’t going to ruin anybodies life 
I like Finnick a lot more than [name]Nicholas[/name] (but it’s not my favorite way to get to [name]Nick[/name]). Would you like other ways to get to [name]Nick[/name] or are these the only ones you’ll consider?
Finnick makes me think of the word “finicky,” so I vote [name]Nicholas[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you like [name]Dominic[/name] or [name]Nico[/name] at all?
My favourite [name]Nicholas[/name] name is the Russian [name]Nikolai[/name] nn [name]Nico[/name]. [name]Dominic[/name] is also a great suggestion. Finnick was made up by author [name]Suzanne[/name] [name]Collins[/name] for the Hunger Games book series so it has no depth or history to back it up.
Thank you for the replies.
I know the hunger games association. That’s partly why I love it 
names do not need to have any special meaning to me, I don’t mind.
I do like the [name]Dominic[/name] suggestion. What other [name]Nick[/name] variants are there?
I like [name]Nicholas[/name], for sure. It’s so classic and timeless, where as Finnick just seems odd, [name]IMO[/name].
Finnick is too close to the word “finicky”.
As an alternative to [name]Nicholas[/name] I think [name]Nikolai[/name] is a delicious option.
[name]Jannik[/name]- (yahn-nik) Dutch/[name]German[/name] form of [name]John[/name]
I love Finnick. [name]Nicholas[/name] is oversued, and very generic. Finnick is also unexpected.
For other [name]Nick[/name] names:
Calinico
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Nicabar[/name]
[name]Nicandro[/name]
[name]Nicasio[/name]
[name]Nicodemus[/name]
[name]Nicola[/name]
Besnik
Fisnik
Karnik
Lernik
Nikan
[name]Niko[/name]/[name]Nico[/name]
[name]Nikolai[/name]
Reznik
Between Finnick and [name]Nicholas[/name], definitely [name]Nicholas[/name]. Finnick is way too “finicky” yes. There are tons of other ways to get to the nickname [name]Nick[/name] though, as seen above haha. My favourite is [name]Nikolai[/name]. 
Finicky? Sorry what’s the association with that word? What does it mean? I do think [name]Nicholas[/name] is timeless.
[name]Angel[/name] you always have such a variety of names.
[name]Nikolai[/name] sounds like such a sissy name to me. Sorry
Finicky means – “liking things only when they are correct in every detail” or “more complicated than necessary and difficult to deal with”
I would definitely use [name]Nicholas[/name] over Finnick
I like Finnick, but once the rest of the HG movies come out, it might feel over-exposed.