Finnegan

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Finigan, Finnigan

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.

Proper noun

Finnegan

1. A surname from Irish.
2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.