Details for the forename Finn

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Finn (male)


Variants:	Fion (M) Fionn (M) Florence (M)
Pet Name(s):	Fintan (M)
Derivative(s):	Doireann (F) Finian (M) Finnian (M) Stenfinn (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Private communications [WF]
Notes:	1. Irish Gaelic, "fair", Anglicized as Fion/Fionn. 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. 2. Scandinavian, from Old Norse, either for someone from Finland, or from a short form of names containing the syllable -fin- "Finnish".