Boy · Old Irish
Fionn
Say it: FYUN
Meaning
Old Irish finn 'white, fair, bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 536 babies given this name since 1973
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 45,300 boys
- 23 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Finn
Famous bearers
- Fionn mac Cumhaill, hero of the Fenian Cycle
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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