Given name

Finnr

Finnr is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Finnr comes from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *finnaz.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Finnr’s family of names

In Old Norse usage, Finnr has a later derivative in Finn. In Old Norse usage, Finnr has a related form in Fiðr. In Old Norse usage, Finnr has a later derivative in FINNUR.

Walk Finnr’s family in the name graph

FinnrFiðrFinnFinnur

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Finnr has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Finnr, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Fichte

Fichte is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in German.

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Folcmær

“folk, people” · “famous, great”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Falur

“dwarf”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Frankish

Foucher

“people” · “army”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Fulcher

Fulcher is a given name from Germanic.

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Folkmar

“famous”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Friðgeir

Friðgeir is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Friþuræd

“peace” · “counsel, advice”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Finnr’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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