About my name

FION Gender: Masculine Usage: Irish Variant of FIONN FIONN Gender: Masculine Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology Pronounced: FIN, FYOON [key] From Irish fionn (older Irish finn) meaning "fair" or "white". Fionn mac Cumhail was a legendary Irish hero who became all-wise by eating an enchanted salmon. He fought against the giant Fomors with his son Oisín and grandson Oscar. Aish, so my name is a boy's name? :/ I want it CHANGED!!!! But isn't "fair or white" for females? Since I'm free, I'll just post my sis's and bro's too. MANFRED Gender: Masculine Usage: German, Dutch, Polish Pronounced: MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch) [key] Derived from the Germanic elements magin "strength" and frid "peace". This is the name of the main character in Byron's drama 'Manfred' (1817). This name was also borne by Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), the German pilot in World War I who was known as the Red Baron. VANESSA Gender: Feminine Usage: English Pronounced: və-NES-ə [key] Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his peom 'Cadenus and Vanessa' (1726). He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly. It was a rare given name until the mid-20th century, at which point it became fairly popular.