Fair or blond, through the Irish Finnacán/Fionnagán name family.
The exact English entry documents both surname transfer and the related earlier given-name route. Old Irish Finnacán is formed from find, fair or blond, with a diminutive suffix. This explains the source-name element, not a description of a bearer.
Origin
Irish
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English pronunciation
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Published name usage
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Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Boys
59 · preliminary
503
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Boys
8
2664
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
6
13208
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2025
Boys
569
526
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Meaning: Fair or blond, through the Irish Finnacán/Fionnagán name family.
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The exact English entry documents both surname transfer and the related earlier given-name route. Old Irish Finnacán is formed from find, fair or blond, with a diminutive suffix. This explains the source-name element, not a description of a bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Origin: Irish
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Supporting evidence: Finnegan: surname and earlier given-name routes
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The entry traces the surname through Ó Fionnagáin, descendant of Fionnagán, and identifies Finnacán as an earlier form also anglicized Finnegan. The two routes share a source-name family but are not collapsed into one literal surname translation. Native Old Irish IPA is not an English guide. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Spelling variant: Finigan
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The exact entry records this as a surname spelling variant. This relationship is explicitly scoped to the surname route; it does not establish interchangeable given-name origins or readings. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Spelling variant: Finnigan
Checked against cited source
The exact entry records this as a surname spelling variant. This relationship is explicitly scoped to the surname route; it does not establish interchangeable given-name origins or readings. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
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Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.