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Fionn

Fionn is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Fyun". It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the original version of a name later anglicized as Find and Finn.

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Fionn (Irish: [fʲiːn̪ˠ], Scottish Gaelic: [fjũːn̪ˠ]) is a masculine given name in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In English, it is pronounced "Fyun". It is derived from a byname meaning "white" or "fair-haired". It is the original version of a name later anglicized as Find and Finn.

It may refer to:

People

Men

Women

  • Fionn Griffiths (born 1982), British mountain bike racer and sports team manager
  • Fionn Stevenson (born 1959), Anglo-German architect, academic, anti-nuclear weapons activist, anarchist and feminist born Fiona Stevenson

Mythical figures

See also

See also

  • Fenian Cycle, also known as the Fionn Cycle, a grouping of Irish mythological texts

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