Finnbar
Boy · FIN-bar · Irish
Finnbar is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair head”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Finnbar mean?
Irish: from Irish Fionnbharr
“fair head”
Saint Finbarr, who founded a monastery at Cork around 600, is the city's patron saint.
- Say it
- FIN-bar
Is Finnbar a girl's or a boy's name?
Finnbar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finnbar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Finnbar, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Finnbar of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Finnbar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Finnbar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Finnbar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #3,734 |
Nicknames for Finnbar
Names like Finnbar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Conan Brody Kody Kayden Keegan Conlan Brayden Ronan Caelan Darragh Conn
Other spellings of Finnbar
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