Fingal: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Fingal – Meaning: fair stranger – Origin: Scottish Gaelic – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: FING-gul


Fingal is a Scottish Gaelic boy's name meaning “fair stranger”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Fingal

Meaning: Fair stranger.

Origin: Scottish Gaelic.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Fingal

Phonetic: FING-gul   IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡəl/

Popularity of Fingal

Fingal doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

Lists That Include Fingal

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