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Fingalnoun
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.
Etymology: 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
Fingal (English: FING-gəl; from Irish Fine Gall 'foreign tribe') is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. Its name is derived from the medieval territory of Scandinavian foreigners (Irish: gaill) that settled in the area. Fingal County Council is the local authority for the county. In 2016 the population of the county was 296,214, making it the second-most populous county in the state.
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Fingal
Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. Its name is derived from the medieval territory of Scandinavian foreigners that settled in the area. Fingal County Council is the local authority for the county. In 2011, the population of the county was 273,991 making it the second most populous county in the state.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Fingal
or Fionn, the great hero of Gaelic mythology, represented by Ossian (q. v.) to have ruled over the kingdom of Morven, which may be said to have been then co-extensive with Argyllshire and the West Highlands; in ballad literature he is represented as belonging also to Ireland.
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FINGAL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fingal is ranked #119508 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fingal surname appeared 145 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fingal.
51% or 74 total occurrences were White.
43.4% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
4.1% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fingal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fingal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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