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Finnegan
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Origin Of The Surname Finnegan
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Meaning Of The Surname Finnegan
Descendant of the White Haired One
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Interesting
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Finnegan
Finnegan is an alternative Anglicisation of the more common Finnigan. Both come from the Old Gaelic surname O’Fionnagain. The prefixed ‘O’ denotes that this surname is patronymic. Traditionally Gaelic patronymic name were given to pass down the name of a clan chieftain or revered elder, in this case Fionnagain. This first name comes from the Gaelic ‘fionn’ meaning white, and would have been given as a name for a person with white hair. Judy Finnigan the British television presenter is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Finnegan Statistics
Finnegan is the number 893 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 11,098 share the surname Finnegan in the UK.
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