Finbarr
Boy · FIN-bar · Irish
Finbarr is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Finbarr mean?
Irish: spelling of Finbar; anglicized form of Fionnbharr
“fair-haired”
St Finbarr, who founded a monastery at Cork around 600, is the city's patron saint.
- Say it
- FIN-bar
Meaning borrowed from Finbar. More on Wiktionary.
Is Finbarr a girl's or a boy's name?
Finbarr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finbarr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Finbarr, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Finbarr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Finbarr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Finbarr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Nicknames for Finbarr
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finbarr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Finbarr
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