Finn (first name)

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Finn is a male name .

Origin and meaning

There are several theories about the origin and meaning of the first name Finn:

  • Finn (from which Fionn mac Cumhaill ) is an old Irish name. He is mentioned for the first time in the Finn cycle from the 3rd century AD. In early youth, Finn ate the salmon of knowledge, which helped him to become wise. He was given the name Finn, which means "knowledgeable". A more recent form of it is Fionn .
  • The name comes from the Gaelic fionn and means something like "blonde, white, bright".
  • The name is Scandinavian and derived from the Old Norse name Finnr , which means "person from Finland".
  • Finn means "wanderer" or "vagabond".

Versions

Fionn and Fiona also belong to the family of names . There are also variants such as Finbar, Fintan, Fyn (n), Fin, Finley, Fin (n) ian, Finnegan, Finntard and in the female form Finja .

Finn can be derived from the Greek name "Phineas" and means "dark, brown".

distribution

The name Finn (Fynn) was hardly common in Germany before the 1980s. It quickly gained popularity in the nineties and has been on the list of the ten most frequently given first names of the respective year since the turn of the millennium.

Name bearer

Name form: Finn

Name form: Fin

Name form: Fionn

Name form: Fynn

Use as a stage name

Use as the name of a fictional character

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Finn on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)
  2. ↑ Fionn on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)
  3. ^ Duden: Lexicon of first names , by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. 3. Edition. Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich: Dudenverlag 1998.
  4. ↑ Finn (2) on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)
  5. ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"