Finnegan

Finnegan is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Fair; little fair one.

What Finnegan means

Fair; little fair one.

Finnegan sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Finnegan 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.

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

How popular is Finnegan?

Finnegan does not currently chart in the top 100 boy names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.

The character of Finnegan

Finnegan sits in our light and brightness group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.

Themes: Light

Names like Finnegan

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

• Finbar — Fair-headed 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

• Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
• Finnian — Fair and white.
• Finbar — Fair-headed one.
• Fintan — White fire.
• Fiadh — Wild; a wild deer.
• Fionn — Fair, bright and white.
• Fergus — Man of vigour and strength.
• Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
• Etain — The shining one.
• Flynn — Son of the red-haired one.