Details for the forename Fingal

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Fingal (male)


Variants:	Fion (M) Fionn (M) Fionnghall (M)
Can be spelt:	Fingall (M)
Feminine form:	Fiona (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Scottish Anglicized form of the Gaelic Fionnghall, "fair stranger". Fingal was introduced by James Macpherson in the late 18^th century as an Anglicized variant of Fionn.