Finbar

Finbar is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Fair-headed one.

What Finbar means

Fair-headed one.

Finbar sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Finbar comes from

Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.

Finbar is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.

How popular is Finbar?

You will not find Finbar in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Finbar

The thread we file Finbar under is light and brightness — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Light

Names like Finbar

These share Finbar's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
  • Finnian — Fair and white.
  • Fintan — White fire.
  • Fionn — Fair, bright and white.
  • Callahan — Bright-headed.
  • Killian — Little church; bright.
  • Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
  • Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
  • Aoibhinn — Radiant and beautiful.
  • Etain — The shining one.
  • Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
  • Muireann — Sea-fair; of the white sea.

More Irish names

  • Fiadh — Wild; a wild deer.
  • Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
  • Fergus — Man of vigour and strength.
  • Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
  • Etain — The shining one.
  • Finnian — Fair and white.
  • Eoin — God is gracious.
  • Fintan — White fire.
  • Eilish — Pledged to God.
  • Fionn — Fair, bright and white.