Fingal

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/ˈfɪŋɡəl//ˈfɪŋɡɔːl/

proper noun

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.

OriginScottish Gaelic Fionnghall →
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Meanings

Fingal1

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, best known in Scotland.

    Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song.

    1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 204
  2. A locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Fingal2

proper noun
  1. A county of Ireland north of Dublin, formed in 1994 from parts of County Dublin.

Origin

Fingal · proper noun

  1. Scottish GaelicFionnghall
  2. EnglishFingal

From Scottish Gaelic Fionnghall, from fionn (“fair”) + gall (“stranger”). Used by Macpherson as a rendering of the Irish Fionn mac Cumhail.

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Fingal · proper noun

  1. IrishFine Gall
  2. EnglishFingal

From Irish Fine Gall (literally “race of the Norsemen”).

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Translations

Irish Fine Gall
  • Fine Gallcounty in Ireland

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Fingal

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Cite this entry
APA

Fingal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fingal

MLA

“Fingal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fingal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fingal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fingal.

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