"Finnegan" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin descendant of "Fionnagán", meaning "little white one" and itself came from the Old Irish Finnacán, though the name may rarely be anglicised as Finnegan as well. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|Ó}} Irish Ó Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Finnegan
  1. A surname from Irish.
    Sense id: en-Finnegan-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Finnegan-en-name-Vj3AlNl- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Finigan [surname], Finnigan [surname] Related terms: Finegan, Fineghan, Finigan, Finighan, Finneghan, Finnigan, Finnighan

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