Finian Name Meaning & Origin
Finian
Pronunciation: FIN-yən (key)
Origin of the name Finian:
Borrowed from the Irish, Finnian is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Fionnán (little fair one), which is from fionn (fair). Var: Finian. Short: Fin, Finn.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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