Finbar

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Gender Masculine
Usage Irish
Pronounced Pron. /ˈfɪn.bɑɹ/(English)

Meaning & History

Anglicized form of Irish Fionnbharr, Old Irish Finnbarr, derived from finn "white, blessed" and barr "top, head". Saint Finbar of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Isle of Barra off Scotland was (probably) named for him.