Finn (given name)

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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, meaning "Lapp" or "Finn". 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.

It is also occasionally a female given name, although this is less common.

List of people with the given name Finn

Finn Trebilcock (born 2002), retired professional chess player

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

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List of people with the given name Finn

Fictional characters

References