Fionn
Fionn is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Fair, bright and white.
What Fionn means
Fair, bright and white.
Fionn sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Fionn 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.
Fionn is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Fionn?
Fionn 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 Fionn
Fionn 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 Fionn
These share Fionn's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Finbar — Fair-headed one.
- Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
- Finnian — Fair and white.
- Fintan — White fire.
- 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
- Fintan — White fire.
- Fionnuala — Fair shoulder; white maiden.
- Finnian — Fair and white.
- Flynn — Son of the red-haired one.
- Finnegan — Fair; little fair one.
- Garrett — Spear ruler; brave.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Grainne — Grain; grace; love.
- Finbar — Fair-headed one.
- Keira — Little dark-haired one.