Fionn (, ) is a masculine given name in Irish and

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

. In English, it is pronounced "Finn" ( ) or "Fyun". It is derived from a

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meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the original version of a name later anglicized as Find and Finn.

People

Notable people with the name include: *

Fionn Carr Fionn Carr (born 17 December 1985) is a former Ireland, Irish rugby union player. He played mainly as a Wing (rugby union), wing but could also line out as Fullback (rugby union), fullback. Carr spent most of his professional career with Connac ...

(born 1985), Irish rugby union player * Fionn Dunne, materials scientist * Fionn Ferreira, Irish inventor and chemist *

Fionn Fitzgerald Fionn Fitzgerald (born 27 April 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a left corner-back with the Kerry senior team. Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Fitzgerald first played competitive Gaelic football during his schooling at St. ...

(born 1990), Irish football player * Fionn Gibbons, Irish rugby player * Fionn Griffiths, British mountain bicyclist *

Fionn Hand Fionn Philip Hand (born 1 July 1998) is an Irish cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 6 July 2018. He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Cup o ...

, Irish cricketer * Fionn Herlihy, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Fionn MacColla Fionn Mac Colla (born Thomas Douglas MacDonald; 4 March 1906 – 20 July 1975) was a Scottish novelist closely connected to the Scottish Gaelic language and culture who campaigned for it to return to what he perceived to be its rightful place i ...

(1906–1975), Scottish novelist *

Fionn mac Cumhaill Fionn mac Cumhaill, often anglicised Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the ''Fianna'' bands of young roving hunter-warriors, as well as being a seer a ...

, figure from Irish mythology *

Fionn McLaughlin Fionn McLaughlin (; born 29 October 2007) is a racing driver from Northern Ireland, who competes under the Irish flag in the F4 British Championship for Hitech TGR as part of the Red Bull Junior Team. McLaughlin claimed top-six finishes in ...

(born 2007), Irish kart driver * Fionn McLoughlin (born 1982), Irish rugby union player * Fionn O'Shea (born 1997), Irish actor * Fionn Petch, Scottish translator *

Fionn Regan Fionn Regan (born 1981) is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Bray, Regan came to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, '' The End of History'' in 2006. He had been releasing extended plays for si ...

(born 1981), Irish folk musician * Fionn Whitehead (born 1997), English actor

Locations

Locations named Fionn include: *

Ballyfin Ballyfin ( or alternatively "town of Fionn") is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath ...

, also known as Baile fionn, a village in Ireland *

Eas Fionn Eas Fionn is a waterfall of Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island ...

, Scottish waterfall *

Fionn Bheinn Fionn Bheinn is a mountain located south of Loch Fannich in the northwestern Scottish Highlands. It has a height of 933 m (3061 ft) and is listed as a Munro. The south side of the mountain is a shallow, smooth grassy slope, but its no ...

, Scottish mountain *

Fionn Loch (Suilven) Fionn Loch is a small irregular-shaped shallow freshwater loch, on a north-west to south-east orientation that is located 3 miles southeast of Lochinver in the Assynt district of Sutherland in Scotland. The loch is located in an area known as th ...

Torphins Torphins ( ; ) is a village in River Dee, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980 road, A980, about north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of ...

, also known as Tòrr Fionn, a village in Scotland

Music

* Fionn, a Canadian musical group consisting of sisters Alanna and Brianne Finn-Morris

Miscellaneous

The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn ''The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn'' () is a medieval Irish narrative belonging to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. As its title implies, it recounts the boyhood exploits of Fionn mac Cumhaill, the cycle's central figure. Origin and development T ...

, Medieval Irish mythical narrative text *

Fenian Cycle The Fenian Cycle (), Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle () is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Fionn mac Cumhaill, Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his Kóryos, warrior band the Fianna. Sometimes called the ...

, also known as the Fionn Cycle, a grouping of Irish mythological texts

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