# Finnegan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,154

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin (“descendant of Fionnagán”). Fionnagán is a given name that descends from Old Irish Finnacán, which is typically anglicised as Finnegan itself.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffinnegan`, `finegan`, `finengan`, `finneagn`, `finnegann`, `finneggan`, `finnegna`, `finngean`, `fninegan`, `ifnnegan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/finnegan