Comments on: Name of the Day: Fintan

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:46:40 +0000

Happy birthday to your dad! What a great name to have in the family.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:22:31 +0000

my Dad is Fintan and celebrating his 63rd birthday today, I his Daughter was just doing a lil research on his name to give to him and came across this lovely story that i will share with him, he was born in newfoundland, canada and is fair skinned and somewhat a bully at times, my parents also named their 1st son , my brother, fintan as well although he goes by a nickname manny instead, i just find it a very unique name and admire it

By: Sunday Summary: 2/20/11 « Appellation Mountain

Sunday Summary: 2/20/11 « Appellation Mountain — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:40:54 +0000

[...] for her daughter mentioned that the baby name’s is Finnean. Finley, Finnegan, Finbar, Fintan … it seems like every day there’s another way to get to that oh-so-popular [...]

By: bronagh crilly

bronagh crilly — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:18:58 +0000

MY SON IS CALLED FINTAN AND HES A WEE DOTE

By: blissfully caffeinated

blissfully caffeinated — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:58:36 +0000

My 80-year-old grandfather is named Finley and his twin brother is Fintan. We are continually amazed in our family that these Fin names are so popular lately, especially Finley and especially for girls because until about four years ago I had never even heard of another Finley beside my Grandad and my Dad. My Dad has always disliked the name so much that he goes by his middle name. Now we tease him that he’s trendy.

By: Charlotte Vera

Charlotte Vera — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:27:50 +0000

I loved reading today’s post — Fintan has such a fantastic history — but the name’s not for me. I find that with the increasingly popular “Fin” names that I like the idea of them, but am not too fond of their sound in actuality. (Sorry, I know that’s complicated.)

On a complete different [off] topic, I’d like to submit Carol for a boy’s NotD post. Where the Wild Things Are featured a male Carol and I thought it would be interesting to go into the name’s history.

By: Bevin

Bevin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:59:49 +0000

Thank you for covering Fintan. He’s a cousin of mine and I’ve always liked the name. Even in Ireland, it’s a well known name but you definitely don’t meet a lot of Fintans. In fact, I might only know the one!

By: Sebastiane

Sebastiane — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:34:14 +0000

I really like Fintan, his history, his folkloric associations and the meaning is kinda cute.

By: photoquilty

photoquilty — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:57:21 +0000

Could that be where Fenton Hardy (the Hardy boys’ fathe) got his name? I’ve always wondered about him.

No Fintan is not for me. I’m too traditional with the boy names. I get a little kooky with girl names, though.

By: Bewildertrix

Bewildertrix — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:12 +0000

Very, very nice, as is Finbar, although Fintan is craptastic with our surname.

The Manx Finlo it is.