Given name & surname
Finton
“the little fair-haired one”
Finton is a variant of Fintan. One Irish interpretation is “the little fair-haired one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Finton is a variant of Fintan. One Irish interpretation is “the little fair-haired one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Finton is a variant of Fintan. An origin associated with Fintan is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Finton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 71 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 8 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. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 686 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Finton’s family of names
Finton has a related form in Fintan. In English usage, Finton as a surname has a related form in Fenton.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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