Finian
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning fair-haired; form of Fionn.
Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Finian by the numbers
Finian was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Fionn
Like Finian, each of these traces back to Fionn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Finian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Finnianfair, white; from the Irish saint Finnian171 in the US (2017)
- Fintanwhite fire; fair flame9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Finanfair-haired or white15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Finnanfair-haired warrior; from Fionnán14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fabianof the Fabius family; bean grower819 in the US (2017)
- Finlayfair warrior; white soldier293 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Finian, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Finian
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