Entry № 3348 · Irish origin

Finola Finola — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ fih-NOH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"White shoulder (Irish form of Fionnuala)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "white shoulder (irish form of fionnuala)".

Finola Bruton — Irish historical figure. Princess Finola — Irish heritage naming.

and American daytime drama.

White shoulder (Irish).

The name in its native script.

Finola
Transliteration
Finola
Pronunciation
/ fɪˈnoʊ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Finola stands.

Finola does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Finolas before her.

Real people
Finola Hughes
Welsh-American Daytime Emmy actress.
born 1959
Finola Dwyer
Irish-British 2x Oscar-nominated producer.
born 1960
In fiction
Fionnuala (Children of Lir)
Iconic Irish tragic swan heroine.

Names connected to Finola.

The number behind Finola.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Finola reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.