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finnegan

/fˈɪnəɡən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
finnegan
IPA
/fˈɪnəɡən/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin (“descendant of Fionnagán”). Fionnagán is a given name that descends from Old Irish Finnacán, which is typically anglicised as Finnegan itself.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Fionnagáin

Inflected Forms

Finigan (alternative) Finnigan (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Finegan Fineghan Finigan Finighan Finneghan Finnigan Finnighan

Questions

How do you pronounce finnegan?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɪnəɡən/.
What does finnegan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does finnegan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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