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    Fintan

    FIN-tun

    Irish
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    White fire; Fair-haired
    Origin
    Irish
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Fintan does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "White fire; Fair-haired", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Fintan.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Fintan burns with holy fire — consuming, refining, purifying like fullers' soap, the white flame of God's holiness.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Hebrews 12:29

      "For our God is a consuming fire."

    • Malachi 3:2

      "But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap."

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