#4922024 rank
2021peak year
10,850babies named Finnegan since 1880
▼ 12%5-year trend
Finnegan popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Finnegan mean?
From Irish Fionnagan, a diminutive of fionn, 'fair or white-haired,' an Irish surname carried into given-name use, with literary echoes of Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
OriginIrish
Syllables3
Genderboy
Stylevintage, mythic
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