Finnick: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “invented literary name”
- Origin
- American (modern coinage)
- Say it
- FIN-ik · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
Best known from The Hunger Games, where it appears as a fictional given name. It may have been inspired by Finn and surname-like endings, but no established traditional etymology is verified.
How popular is Finnick?
Babies named Finnick in 2024136
2024 rank#1,381 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18801,339
Finnick is rising: use over the last five years is 11.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Finnick
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Jaydenmodern blend of Jay and Aidan · American (modern coinage)
- Kaydenmodern rhyming name, influenced by Caden · American (modern coinage)
- Jaycemodern form of Jace · American (modern coinage)
- Jaxsonson of Jack · American (modern coinage)
- Zaydenmodern rhyming coinage · American (modern coinage)
- Kaidenmodern variant of Caden · American (modern coinage)
- Cadenmodern name, possibly from Cadan or Cade · American (modern coinage)
- Kairomodern spelling of Cairo · American (modern coinage)
Finnick questions
What does the name Finnick mean?
Finnick means "invented literary name". It comes from American (modern coinage). Best known from The Hunger Games, where it appears as a fictional given name. It may have been inspired by Finn and surname-like endings, but no established traditional etymology is verified.
Is Finnick a boy or girl name?
Finnick is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Finnick?
136 US babies were named Finnick in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Finnick?
Finnick is usually pronounced FIN-ik.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.