Fionntan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-tan
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Fionntan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Fionntan mean?
Irish: Irish spelling of Fintan, from fionn 'fair, white'
“fair one”
Fintan mac Bóchra of Irish legend survived the Flood as a salmon and became the wisest man in Ireland.
Is Fionntan a girl's or a boy's name?
Fionntan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fionntan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Fionntan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fionntan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Fionntan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Fintan 16
- Fionntan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 314th in Northern Ireland.
Fionntan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
Nicknames for Fionntan
- Fin 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Fionntan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Kian Finn Aiden Brogan Conlan Declan Keelan Regan Conan Brayden Keenan
Other spellings of Fionntan
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fionntan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fionntan, updated 20 October 2026.