The baby name Fionnbharr is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Irish approx: /ˈfʲiən̪ˠwɑrˠ/ (≈ 'FYUN-var'); Anglicized: /ˈfɪn.bɑːr/ (≈ 'FIN-bar').
Fionnbharr is Irish in Origin.
The baby name Fionnbharr is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Irish approx: /ˈfʲiən̪ˠwɑrˠ/ (≈ 'FYUN-var'); Anglicized: /ˈfɪn.bɑːr/ (≈ 'FIN-bar').
Fionnbharr is Irish in Origin.
Fionnbharr is an Irish Gaelic compound from fionn (“fair, white, blessed”) + barr (“top, head, crest”), yielding the sense “fair‑headed” or “fair‑topped one.” The spelling reflects lenition (bh = v), and traditional forms vary between Fionnbharr and Fionnbarra/Fionnbharra in older orthography. Pronounced FYUN-var or FIN-var in English approximations.
Borne by the 6th–7th‑century patron saint of Cork, widely Anglicized as Finbarr/Finbar, the name spread in medieval Munster and persisted in ecclesiastical and local records. Diminutives Bairre/Barra underlie Barry as an Anglicized given name (the surname Barry also has other origins). Modern variants include Fionnbarr, Fionnbarra, Fionnbharra, Finbar, Finbarr, Finnbar, and Finbarre. Strongly associated with Cork through Saint Finbarr’s Cathedral and local tradition, it remains a distinctive choice with clear Irish identity.
Fionnbharr 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.
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