Fintan
Fintan is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning White fire.
What Fintan means
White fire.
Fintan sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Fintan 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.
Fintan is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Fintan?
Fintan is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Fintan is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Fintan
Fintan spans Fire and light and brightness, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Fintan
These share Fintan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Tejas — Brilliance; radiance.
- Uri — My light; flame.
- Emberly — Glowing ember; spark.
- Finbar — Fair-headed one.
- Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
- Finnian — Fair and white.
- Fionn — Fair, bright and white.
- Aedan — Little fire.
- Aodh — Fire.
- Callahan — Bright-headed.
- Killian — Little church; bright.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
More Irish names
- Finnian — Fair and white.
- Fionn — Fair, bright and white.
- Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Flynn — Son of the red-haired one.
- Finbar — Fair-headed one.
- Garrett — Spear ruler; brave.
- Fiadh — Wild; a wild deer.
- Grainne — Grain; grace; love.