Finbarre as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Finbarre

What is the meaning of the name Finbarre ?

The baby name Finbarre is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfɪn.bɑːr/ (FIN-bar).

Finbarre is Irish in Origin.

Finbarre is an Irish given name from Old Irish Findbarr/Fionnbharr (Modern Irish Fionnbarra), composed of fionn “fair, white” + barr “top, head (of hair), chief,” yielding the sense “fair‑headed” or “fair‑topped.”

The name is bound to Saint Finbarr (7th c.), first bishop and patron of Cork, founder of the monastic site at Gougane Barra and of Cork’s early church; his feast is 25 September, cementing local devotion. Owing to ecclesiastical and Anglo‑Norman scribal habits, spellings vary: Finbar, Finbarr, Finbarre, Fionnbharr, and Fionnbarra; the -re form is a rare, Francophone‑tinged Anglicization seen in Cork contexts (e.g., St Fin Barre’s Cathedral). Diminutives include Barra; Barry has sometimes served as an English everyday form, though it also arises independently. Use has remained strongest in Munster and saw revival during the Gaelic Revival and in the Irish diaspora, with modern short forms Fin/Finn occasionally adopted.

⚙ Finbarre is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. Such a name is generally either rare, regional or traditional, or a brand-new coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.