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 latter case, the name is a later Irish variant of Fionn.[1]
It is also occasionally a female given name, although this is less common.
People with the given name include:
- Finn Alnæs (1932–1991), Norwegian novelist
- Finn Atkins (born 1989), British actress
- Finn Bálor (born 1981), ring name of professional wrestler Fergal Devitt
- Elizabeth Fearn Finn Carter (born 1960), American actress
- Finn M. W. Caspersen (1941-2009), American financier
- Finn Graff (born 1938), Norwegian illustrator
- Finnegan "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 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 Wagle (born 1941), Norwegian theologian
- Finn Wentworth (born 1958), American entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Peter Finn Wittrock (born 1984), American actor in the soap opera All My Children
- Finn Wolfhard (born 2002), Canadian actor and musician
- Finn (born unknown), co presenter of Curator of The Tank Museum David Walley’s Q&A videos on YouTube.
References
- 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.
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