🔥Finnegan

Irish

"fair"

Finnegan Origin and Meaning

The name Finnegan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair".

If you like the Finn names and love James Joyce, Finnegan is extremely winning. Will & Grace 's Eric McCormack chose the Finnigan spelling for his son. And of course Finnegan gains you access to the great short form Finn.

James Joyce took the title of Finnegans Wake from an old Irish-American song.

Finnegan represents a whole genre of Irish family names you might consider, such as Harrigan, Brannigan, Corrigan, Donegan, Mulligan, Flanagan and Lanigan.

Finnegan Rank in US Top 1000

# 492 in the US

Finnegan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 642 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Finnegan

• 492 US 2024
• 642 Nameberry 2025
• 257 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Finnegan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Finnegan.

• Anders
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• Dashiell
• Alden
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• Sullivan
• Thatcher
• Ellis
• Cormac
• Lachlan
• Harlan
• Lochlan
• Heath
• Vaughn
• Leland
• Hollis
• Bowen
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Famous People Named Finnegan

• Finnegan Frayn "Finn" Harries English vlogger, designer and entrepreneur; twin of fellow vlogger Jackson Frayn "Jack" Harries
• Finnegan Lyric O'Connell (b. 2017) son of vlogger Greg O'Connell of GregglesTV
• Finnegan Biden (b. 1998); daughter of Hunter Biden; granddaughter of President elect Joe Biden

The name Finnegan in Pop Culture

• Finnegan a dog puppet in Canadian television show "Mr. Dressup"
• "Finnegans Wake " novel by James Joyce
• "Finnegan Begin Again " TV movie about main character Michael Finnegan
• Finnegan minor character in "Star Trek"
• Finnegan Kazimir a loveable vampire in “when the night comes” a game
• Finnegan Fevers Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"