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WDYTO Ennis & Flann - on a girl? I love them on boys too - very masculine, but I find them quite feminine as well.
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Flann is all guy for me - a blonde, floppy musician type. The guy who taught my husband to drive is called Flann actually. Hmm I like Flannán for a boy.
I actually quite like Ennis for a girl, maybe because it is not a name you hear here at all so I have no associations with it. I have friends and family in Ennis (the county town of Clare) so I have nice connotations with the name. I like the meaning (Inis/island) and see it as a more feminine not masculine.
I actually quite like Ennis for a girl, maybe because it is not a name you hear here at all so I have no associations with it. I have friends and family in Ennis (the county town of Clare) so I have nice connotations with the name. I like the meaning (Inis/island) and see it as a more feminine not masculine.
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I don't really like them on boys but I definitely don't like them on a girl.
I don't really understand how you can find a name very masculine but also quite feminine!
I don't really understand how you can find a name very masculine but also quite feminine!
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I prefer Innes to Ennis, but only if there's a family link. Otherwise it's just too random. As for Flann, it can mean what it likes in medieval Irish, but today it means an open fruit pie.
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I thought an open fruit pie was a tart? My mom makes custard flan on holidays. I'm not a custard fan so I don't eat it, I can't really think of how to describe it. Everyone in the family pronounces "flan" to rhyme with "fan," except my mom, so it's become kind of a joke and we goof on each other about it :)
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Tarts and flans = pretty much the same thing. Except for those things with the jelly and fruit and sponge case, they're always flans.
- pie expert
PS How does your mom say flan, then?
- pie expert
PS How does your mom say flan, then?
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FLAHN. I say it the same way, since she told me that was correct. By the way, I don't mean to make it sound like we are snobby about it - like I said, it's become a family joke :)
This message was edited 11/15/2011, 12:56 PM
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LOL! Interesting connection - I still like it though:) Flann reminds me of the dessert too, but again I'm somehow drawn to it.
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I sort of like Flann on a girl. I once read a short story with a female character named Flann. I wouldn't use it though; it reminds me of flan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flan)
Ennis is interesting. I love Annis on a girl. Ennis looks just a little off though... I think I may have been to a town called Ennis once. Maybe that's why it doesn't seem very "namey" to me at the moment.
Ennis is interesting. I love Annis on a girl. Ennis looks just a little off though... I think I may have been to a town called Ennis once. Maybe that's why it doesn't seem very "namey" to me at the moment.
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Annis is sweet! *adds to list*
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I love Ennis. (Note to self: must suggest Ennis more.)
But Flann reminds me too much of flan, the custard dessert.
ETA: Oh. On a girl? No to both. There are so many great feminine names already. I don't like how the pool of boy names is getting smaller and smaller. It's not a two way street which bothers me. Ennis *sounds* unisex, but on principle I have to say no, sorry.
But Flann reminds me too much of flan, the custard dessert.
ETA: Oh. On a girl? No to both. There are so many great feminine names already. I don't like how the pool of boy names is getting smaller and smaller. It's not a two way street which bothers me. Ennis *sounds* unisex, but on principle I have to say no, sorry.
This message was edited 11/14/2011, 4:28 PM
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I understand what you mean about taking masculine names and putting them on girls - I feel the same way most of the time (this time isn't one of them though!).
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I've never really thought about Flann before, but I think it could grow on me, especially as a nickname for Flannery or Flannan. The meaning of the name is somewhat close to the feeling I take from it -- Flann makes me think of a warm fireplace and a hearty meal. The one thing holding me back at the moment is pronunciation. I'd always pronounced it as "flawn" (like fawn), but I now see it's more like "fan". It doesn't sound as attractive.
Not a fan of Ennis on either gender, though I'm usually fond of -is girls' names. Something about it sounds vaguely medical or biological.
Not a fan of Ennis on either gender, though I'm usually fond of -is girls' names. Something about it sounds vaguely medical or biological.
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