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🔥Finn

Irish
"fair or white"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Wed Apr 09 2025

Finn Origin and Meaning

The name Finn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair or white".

Finn is a name with enormous energy and charm, that of the greatest hero of Irish mythology, Finn MacCool (aka Fionn mac Cuumhaill), an intrepid warrior with mystical supernatural powers, noted as well for his wisdom and generosity.

While Finn is a distinctly Irish name, it's achieved astonishing international popularity in a diverse range of cultures. Along with all the English-speaking countries, Finn ranks in the Top 100 for baby boys in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria.

Finn was chosen by cool couple Christy Turlington and Ed Burns for their son, and also by Jane Leeves and Autumn Reeser. Played by Cory Monteith prior to his death, Finn Hudson was a prominent character on Glee.

Other up-and-comers in the same family: Finlay and Finley, Finian and Finnian, Finnegan and Finnigan, and, from Germany, Fynn. And then there are the Ph versions such as Phineas.

# 188 in the US

Finn Rank in US Top 1000

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Finn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Finn

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Famous People Named Finn

  • Finn mac Blatha
    5th century BC king of Ireland
  • Terence "Finn" Jones
    English actor
  • Finn Erling Kydland
    Norwegian economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
  • Finn Balor
    ring name of Fergal Devitt, Irish pro wrestler
  • Finn Ronne
    Norwegian,American Arctic explorer
  • Finn Cole
    English actor
  • Finn Michael Westby Caspersen
    American financier and philanthropist
  • Finnegan Frayn "Finn" Harries
    English vlogger as part of "jacksgap"
  • Finn Michael Wolfhard
    Canadian actor
  • Finn Kerwin (b. 1992)
    son of Brian Kerwin & Jeanne Marie Troy
  • Finn Constantine (b. 1997)
    son of model Saffron Aldridge and Toby Constantine
  • Finn Henry Snyder (b. 1997)
    son of actress Terry Finn and David L. Snyder
  • Finn Arthur Ebenezer Dundas (b. 2000)
    son of singer Lord David Dundas
  • Finn William Leeves Coben (b. 2003)
    son of actress Jane Leeves
  • Finn Scott (b. 2004)
    son of actor Tom Everett Scott
  • Phinnaeus Walter 'Finn' Moder (b. 2004)
    twin son of actress Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder, twin brother of Hazel Patricia Moder
  • Finn Burns (b. 2006)
    son of actor Ed Burns and model Christy Turlington
  • Finneus James "Finn" Warren (b. 2011)
    son of actress Autumn Reeser and Jesse Warren
  • Finn Lindqvist Wilson (born 2014)
    son of actor Owen Wilson
  • Finley Jay "Finn" Lanning (b. 2015)
    son of family vloggers Bryan & Missy Lanning
  • Finn Odin Hoflin (b. 2016)
    son of actors Natalie Blair and David Hoflin
  • Finn Arthur Higgins (b. 2016)
    son of Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey
  • Ernest "Finn" Zhang Halvorsen (b. 2016)
    son of reality television stars Ernie and Cindy Halvorsen
  • Finn Paul Davidson (b. 2018)
    son of Scottish politician Ruth Davidson

The name Finn in Pop Culture

  • Finn Abernathy
    intern on TV's "Bones"
  • Finn McCool aka Fionn Mac Cumhaill
    hero of Irish mythology
  • Finn (FN
    2187), a character in the Star Wars series
  • Finn Taverner
    main character in Eva Ibbotson's book "Journey to the River Sea"
  • Finneas "Finn
    " character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
  • Finn Mikaelson
    character in TV series "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals"
  • Finnegan "Finn" Lane
    character in Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assasin series
  • Finn the Human
    main character in animated series "Adventure Time"
  • Finn Hudson
    character on TV's "Glee"
  • Finn Sharkey
    character on British soap "Waterloo Road"
  • Finn Whitman
    main character in Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers series
  • Finn Macauley
    character in the video game "Resident Evil 6"
  • Finn
    minor character on TV's "The Sopranos"
  • Finn Dandridge
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Finn
    main character in "Incarceron" by Catherine Fisher
  • Finn
    character in video game "Harvest Moon: Animal Parade"
  • Finn Collins
    character on TV's "The 100"
  • "Finn
    " comic strip by Pat Mills
  • Finn Fish
    character in anime/manga Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
  • Finn
    rat character in the The Deptford Mice series by Robin Jarvis
  • Finn
    character in animated series "Jackie Chan Adventures"
  • Finn
    character in animated series "Storm Hawks"
  • Finn
    wizard in Mikhail Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
  • Finn
    Pepperidge Farm Goldfish mascot
  • Finn
    character on South Korean animated series "Tai Chi Chasers"
  • Finn
    character in "What I Was" by Meg Rosoff
  • Finn
    character on British TV series "Misfits"
  • Michael "Finn" O'Leary
    character in video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II"
  • Finn Bell
    character in 1998 film "Great Expectations"
  • Findlay "Finn" Nelson
    character on British TV series "My Mad Fat Diary"
  • Finn
    character in TV show "Gilmore Girls"
  • Finn Holmes
    character from the "Trylle trilogy"
  • Huckleberry Finn
    character in various Mark Twain novels
  • Hamilton Finn
    character on soap opera General Hospital
  • Riley Finn
    character in TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

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