Finn (given name)
| Finn |
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| Gender |
Masculine |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Irish, Gaelic |
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| Meaning |
"Fair"; "from Finland" |
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| Other names |
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| Related names |
Fin, Fionn, Fingal, Fingall |
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Finn is a traditionally masculine given name. It originates as an Irish name that means "fair". Today, the name is also commonly used as a male given name in Denmark and Norway (and to a lesser extent in Sweden).
List of people with the given name Finn
- Finn M. W. Caspersen (1941-2009), American Financier
- Finn Harries, a Youtuber on the YouTube channel JacksGap
- Finn (Frisian), a Frisian King, who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg
- Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool), a legendary warrior of Irish mythology
- Finn Balor, a professional wrestler signed to WWE. Balor performs in WWE's developmental brand, WWE NXT.
- several legendary High Kings of Ireland
- Eber Finn, 1700 BC (AFM), 1287-1286 BC (FFE)
- Cearmna Finn, 1533-1493 BC (AFM), 1155-1115 BC (FFE)
- Finn mac Blatha, 952-930 BC (AFM), 725-705 BC (FFE)
- Duach Finn, 904-894 BC (AFM), 679-674 BC (FFE)
- Ailill Finn, 795-786 BC (AFM), 586-577 BC (FFE)
- Fiatach Finn, 36-39 AD (AFM), 25-28 AD (FFE)
Fictional characters
- Finn Dodd, the main character of How to Make an American Quilt
- Finn Hudson, a character in the television show, Glee
- Finn the Human, one of the main protagonists in the 2010 animated series Adventure Time
- Finn (comics), the eponymous hero of a comic strip of the same name written by Pat Mills, published in 2000 A.D.
- Finn Fish, a character from the anime/manga Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
- Finn (rat), a fictional rat character in the The Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis
- Huckleberry Finn, the title character of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Finn Whitman, from the Ridley Pearson novel The Kingdom Keepers
- Finn, a character in the Jackie Chan Adventures television series
- The Finn, a character in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy
- Finn, one of the main protagonists of the animated television series, Storm Hawks
- "Finn", a wizard character in the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
- Finn, the main goldfish from the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish snack crackers
- Finn, what Nick Carraway uses for his house-maid in the novel The Great Gatsby
- Finn Sharkey, a troublemaker from the television series Waterloo Road.
- Finn, a character on Tai Chi Chasers.
- Finn, a character in the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Finn, a character in the novel What I Was by Meg Rosoff
- Michael "Finn" O'Leary, a playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies map Mob of the Dead
- Finn Bell, a character played by Ethan Hawke in 1998 film "Great Expectations" remake of Charles Dickens classic.
- Finn Nelson,a character in the television show "My mad fat diary"
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