Finnian
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning fair, white; from the Irish saint Finnian.
Finnian by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Finnian. In the US, 171 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 187 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Finnian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Finniganfair or descendant of Fionn; surname used as given name74 in the US (2017)
- Finianfair-haired; form of Fionn20 in the US (2017)
- Finnanfair-haired warrior; from Fionnán14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Finneganfair-haired descendant of Fionnagán763 in the US (2017)
- Finneasfair-haired; form of Fionngheas14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fintanwhite fire; fair flame9 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Finnian, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Finnian, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Finnfair or white706 in England and Wales (2025)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Finnian
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