Given name
Finnbar
“a fair-haired man”
Finnbar is a variant of Finbar. One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Finnbar is a variant of Finbar. One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Finnbar is a variant of Finbar. An origin associated with Finbar is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Finnbar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Finnbar’s family of names
In Irish usage, Finnbar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Barry. In English usage, Finnbar has a related form in Finbar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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