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FINNAN Family History

This surname has two origins, Firstly, it can be Irish deriving from the Anglicized form of the Gaelic byname Fionn meaning "white" or "fair"(haired), or, it can be of English origin deriving from the Old Norse personal name "Finnr" meaning "Finn". The name date's back to the late 12th Century, (see below). Further recordings include Robert le Fyne (1327) "The Subsidy Rolls of Somersetshire" and Thomas Fyn (1379) "The Poll Tax Records of Howdenshire". Variations in the idiom of the spelling include Phin, Phinn, Fin, Finne, Finan, etc.. One, John Fynne married Agnes Morrial at St. Mary Abchurch, London on November 2nd 1567...