Finn (given name)
Finn is generally regarded as a masculine given name. The name has several origins. In some cases it is derived from the Old Norse personal name and byname Finnr,[1] meaning "Lapp" or "Finn".[2] In some cases the Old Norse name was a short form of other names composed with this element. In other cases, the name Finn is derived from Irish, meaning "white" or "fair". In the later case, the name is an earlier Irish variant of Fionn.[1]
It is also occasionally a female given name, although this is less common.
List of people with the given name Finn
- Finn (Frisian), Frisian King, who appears in Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg
- Finn Alnæs (1932–1991), Norwegian novelist
- Finn Bálor, professional wrestler signed to WWE who performs in WWE's developmental brand, WWE NXT.
- Finn Carter (born 1960), American actress
- Finn M. W. Caspersen (1941-2009), American financier
- Finn Graff (born 1938), Norwegian illustrator
- Finn Harries, a Youtuber on the YouTube channel JacksGap
- Finn Isaksen (1924–1987), Norwegian politician
- Finn Jones (born 1988), English actor
- Finn Laudrup (born 1945), Danish international footballer
- Finn Lambrechts (1900–1956), Lieutenant General of the Royal Norwegian Air Force
- Finn mac Cumaill (Old, Middle, Modern Irish: Find, Finn, Fionn), mac Cumhaill anglicised to "McCool", a legendary warrior of Irish mythology
- Finn Nørgaard (1959–2015), Danish filmmaker
- Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish Olympic rower
- Finn Ronne (1899–1980), Norwegian Antarctic explorer
- Finn Russell (born 1992), professional rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors and the Scottish national team
- Finn Tugwell (born 1976), Danish table-tennis player
- Finn Wittrock (born 1984), American actor in the soap opera All My Children
- Finn Wagle (born 1941), Norwegian theologian
- 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 (comics), the eponymous hero of a comic strip of the same name written by Pat Mills, published in 2000 A.D.
- Finn, a character in the The Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis
- Finn, a character in Mary Stanton's Unicorns of Balinor book series
- Finn, a character in the Jackie Chan Adventures television series
- Finn, a character in 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
- 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 Human, one of the main protagonists in the 2010 animated series Adventure Time
- Finn Dodd, the main character of How to Make an American Quilt
- Finn DeTrolio, character in The Sopranos
- Finn Fish, a character from the anime/manga Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
- Finn Hudson, a character in the television show, Glee
- Finn Nelson, a character in the television show My Mad Fat Diary
- Finn O'Connor (Hollyoaks), a character played by Connor Wilkinson in the television show Hollyoaks
- Finn Sharkey, a character in the television series Waterloo Road.
- Finn Whitman, from the Ridley Pearson novel The Kingdom Keepers
- Michael "Finn" O'Leary, a playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies map Mob of the Dead
- The Finn, a character in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy
- Finn McMissile, a character in Cars 2
- Finn (FN-2187), one of the lead characters in 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the rest of the Star Wars sequel trilogy
References
- 1 2 Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ Coleman, NL; Veka, O (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-299-24834-5 – via Google Books.
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