Finnbar

A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning fair-haired one; from finn and barr.

Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2269
10 babies

Finnbar by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Finnbar. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Finnbar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Finbarfair-haired man or fair-headed8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Finnianfair, white; from the Irish saint Finnian171 in the US (2017)
  • Finneasfair-haired; form of Fionngheas14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Finnanfair-haired warrior; from Fionnán14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Finnlayfair warrior; a variant spelling of Finlay4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Finbarrfair-haired one3 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Finnbar, 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 Finnbar

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