Details for the forename Finian

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Finian (male)


Variants:	Florence (M)
Derivative of:	Finn (M)
Can be spelt:	Finnian (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Private communications [WF]
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, "fair". A correspondent [WF] reports that those with the Irish Gaelic names Finin, Finn, Finian, Fineen & Fyneen were forced to use the Anglicized form Florence [q.v.] by British Rule.