Finn (given name)
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,[1] meaning "Lapp" or "Finn".[2] 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 a variant of Fionn.[1]
It is also occasionally a female given name, although this is less common.
List of people with the given name Finn
- 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
- Fionn mac Cumhail (Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn 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 (rat), a fictional rat character in the The Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis
- 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 main goldfish from the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish snack crackers
- Finn, what Nick Carraway uses for his house-maid in the novel The Great Gatsby
- Finn the Human, one of the main protagonists in the 2010 animated series Adventure Time
- Finn Bell, a character played by Ethan Hawke in 1998 film "Great Expectations" remake of Charles Dickens classic.
- 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
- 1 2 Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ↑ Coleman, NL; Veka, O (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-299-24834-5 – via Google Books.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.