A Dictionary of Names. Origin and Meaning of Names!
A Dictionary of Names. Origin and Meaning of Names!
 











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Origin and Meaning of Finn

Gender

Masculine

Origin of Finn

Irish or Old Norse

Usage of Finn

Irish; Scandinavian

Meaning of Finn

The name Finn has two meanings:
1. It is an Anglicized form of Fionn.
2. It is derived from the Old Norse name Finnr meaning "from Finland".

Famous bearers

Bearers include Finn Kalvik (born 1947), a Norwegian singer and composer; Finn E. Kydland (born 1943), a Norwegian economist and a co-recipient of the 2004 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. A fictional bearer is Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the title character of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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