English Explanatory Dictionary

Finnegan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Word forms

Finnegan Finigan Finnigan

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin (“descendant of Fionnagán”). Fionnagán is a given name that descends from Old Irish Finnacán, which is typically anglicised as Finnegan itself.

Related words

Finegan Fineghan Finigan Finighan Finneghan Finnigan Finnighan
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