Fínín

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲiːˈnʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲinʲ/

From Old Irish Fíngin (literally “wine-born”), from fín (“wine”) + gein (“birth”).

Fínín m (genitive Fhínín)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

Historically anglicized as Florence, to which it is etymologically unrelated.

• Fínghin

• “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 100

From fianna (as in Fianna Éireann) + -ín. The monophthongization of ia to í is probably due to the influence of English Fenian, of the given name, or both.

Fínín m (genitive singular Fínín, nominative plural Fíníní)

1. (historical) Fenian

• Fíníneachas

• “Fínín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 455; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Fínín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN