Irish names and their meanings - F

Fainche - (FAN-chuh) Irish saint name. Fanny.

Fallon - "grandchild of the ruler" or "in charge". Falen, Fallan.

Fand - a goddess of healing and pleasure in Ireland and Isle of Man, who married the sea god Manannan mac Lir.

Feenat - "deer".

Fianait - (FYAN-it or FEE-nat) Old Irish word for "deer". Two early saints by this name. Fionnait, Feenat.

Fedelm - name of Conchobhar mac Nessa (king of Ulster, Fedelm Noichrothach (Nine-Times Beautiful). Feidhelm (FAY-delm).

Fenella - "white shoulder"; feminine version of the name Finn. Fionnghuala.

Fethnaid - daughter and accomplished harp player of Fidach, a bard of the Tuatha De Danann. Her death was considered to be one of the three great losses of the Tuatha. Fethnat.

Fidelma - (fee-DEL-ma) from Old Irish name Fedelm. Fedelm Noichrothach (Fedelm Nine-Times-Beautiful) was the daughter of King Conchobar mac Nessa of Ulster, and a woman warrior. Also six Irish saints by this name. Modern Irish Feidhelm (FAY-delm).

Finnsech - "fair or blonde lady". Finnseach.

Finola - (FIN-oh-la) "white shoulder".

Fiona - (FYUN-a, FEE-nuh or Fee-oh-nah (modern))(Celt) from the word finn "brilliant, white, fair". Finna, Fionn.

Fionnabhair - (fyuhn-OOR) from Old Irish name Finnabarr: finn "bright, fair" + siabhre "phantom, fairy", Irish equivalent of Welsh Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere). Legendary Finnabarr was a daughter of King Aillil and Queen Maeve of Connacht. Finnabarr, Fion�ir.

Fionnuala - (fi-NOO-a-la or fin-Noo-la) from Old Irish finn "white, bright, fair" + guala "shoulders". Popular in Middle Ages; later anglicized as Finola (fi-NOH-la); nickname Nuala (NOO-a-la); Fionnguala, Fionnula, Fenella, Finola, Nuala, Finvola (Scotland).

Flann - (FLAHN) from Old Irish flann "blood red". Flann has been the name of poets, scholars, abbots, saints, queens and kings. Flann Feorna was king of Kerry in the 8th C., and an ancestor of the O'Connors. Flannacan, Flanna.

Flannery - from the Irish for "redhead".

Flidais - an Irish goddess of forests, woodlands, and wild creatures.

Fodla - "sovereignty". An ancient goddess with Banba and Eriu.

Fuamnach - a wife of Midir, the fairy king, and very jealous of his other wife Etain. She got rid of Etain by using magic and turning her into a fly.