Finn

FIN. One syllable, rhyming with pin.

One English form

Phonetic notation

/ˈfɪn/

Finn and the stories of Fionn. Finn has an Irish link with the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. Kuno Meyer’s English translation of The Boyish Exploits of Finn calls him Finn mac Cumaill.¹²

Finn mac Cumaill is the translator’s English spelling, not a claim about the exact spelling in an Irish manuscript.

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The Irish history of Finn

Finn is an Old Irish form and an English anglicization of Fionn, connected with the Irish word for “white”. Finn is also used as an English given name.¹³²⁴

Saying Finn in English

FIN, one syllable, rhyming with “pin”.

Fynn in German

Fynn is a German spelling of Finn, recorded for both its Irish and Norse traditions.

FynnFynn is a variant of Finn.

Sources

Patrick Woulfe, Fionn — Irish Names and Surnames (1923), libraryireland.com (opens in a new tab)
Kuno Meyer, The Boyish Exploits of Finn — CELT, celt.ucc.ie (opens in a new tab)
Logainm.ie, Glossary of common words in Irish placenames: fionn, logainm.ie (opens in a new tab)
Finn (mannsnamn) — Gulbrand Alhaug, Store norske leksikon, snl.no (opens in a new tab)

Researched from sources and checked in a separate review. We list reference works, not other baby-name websites. Last revised 4 October 2026.

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