Fingula as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fingula

What is the meaning of the name Fingula ?

The baby name Fingula is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced FING-gu-lah (IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡuːlə/).

Fingula is Irish in Origin.

Fingula is a rare Latinized and Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Fionnghuala (modern Fionnuala), derived from Old Irish Findguala. Built from fionn “fair, white” + guala “shoulder,” it carries the poetic meaning “fair-shouldered” or “white shoulder.” The name is central to Irish lore through Fionnuala, the devoted daughter in the Children of Lir legend, and appears in medieval annals attached to noblewomen across Gaelic Ireland.

In historical records, Fingula surfaces sporadically as a scribal or phonetic rendering, especially in English or Latin documents of the 16th–17th centuries. Core variants include Fionnghuala, Fionnuala, and Finnguala; Anglicized forms are Finola and Nuala, while Fenella represents a Scots/Manx adaptation popularized later in literature. Though Fingula itself remains uncommon today, the family of names has enjoyed periodic revivals, with Fionnuala and Nuala most familiar in modern Irish usage.

⚙ Fingula turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.