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Finian (M)>

Finian (male)

Variants:Florence (M)
Derivative of:Finn (M)
Can be spelt:Finnian (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP

Private communications [WF]
Notes:

Irish Gaelic, "fair".

A correspondent [WF] reports that those with the Irish Gaelic names Finin, Finn, Finian, Fineen & Fyneen were forced to use the Anglicized form Florence [q.v.] by British Rule.