Fionnuala
Origin
Irish
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
fair shoulder (one of the Children of Lir in Irish myth)
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Fionnuala has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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