Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Fionnbharr

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FIONNBHARR

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Irish

PRONOUNCED: FIN-var [key]

Meaning & History

Means "fair hair", derived from Irish fionn "white, fair" and barr "head". Saint Fionnbharr of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Barry Islands off Wales were named for him.

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VARIANTS: Finnbarr, Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, Fionnbarra

DIMINUTIVES: Bairre, Barra, Barry, Barrie

OTHER LANGUAGES: Barrie, Barry, Berry (English)

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