Meaning: (Recorded in
a number of spellings including Fenwich, Fenwick, Fennick, Finnick, Vinnick,
and the extraordinary dialectals
Phoenix
and Phonix, this very early surname is Anglo -Scottish from the region known as
"The Border Country". This was for centuries an area of total
anarchy, and where it has to be said, the "clan" Fenwick played a
prominent part! The surname is locational and when English derives either from
the villages of Fenwick in Northumberland, near Kylow and Stamfordham, or if
Scottish from the
village of
Fenwick in the
county of Ayrshire.
There is also a village called Fenwick in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but it
is unclear whether this produced any surname holders. What is certain is that
with all the villages names and hence the surname, the translation is the same.
The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "wic" meaning
a dwelling place, or a dairy farm, or sometimes a landing place. To this prefix
is added "fen" meaning a marshland, or water meadow. The surname is
first recorded on the Scottish side of the "Border Country", (see
below), and almost all early surname recordings are from this region. These
early recordings include Thomas de Fenwyk, a witness at the 1279 Assize Court
of Northumberland, and Nicholas Fynwik, who was the provost of
Ayr, Scotland,
in 1313. Sir John Fenwick, born in 1579, was High Sheriff of Northumberland in
1658, in the 'reign' of Oliver Cromwell. The first recorded spelling of the
family name is shown to be that of Robert de Ffenwic, which was dated c.1220.
He was a charter witness, and is so recorded in the rolls of the Abbey of
Kelso. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to
"develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original
spelling.
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Origin: (Anglo-Saxon, Old English, Scottish,
Literature, Pop Culture)
Pronunciation: (FI-nik, FIN-ik)
Gender: Male, Possibly Uni-Sex
Finnick Odair, one of the wining
tributes and rebels in The Hunger Games Series. Now people have been saying the
author made it up from the word Finicky, now that author may have wanted it
because of the word Finicky but from my research the author did not make this
name up.
This is another Hermione *see on list of posts*
incident, many years ago many young authors were asking on naming forums if
they could use the name Hermione as they assumed J.K Rowling had made it up but
myself and others told them that William Shakespeare beat J.K Rowling by a
couple hundred years in using this name and it even predates Shakespeare era as
well so its fine to use it as J.K Rowling didn’t create it.
So now people are assuming Finnick
was made up by the Hunger Games author. From what I found it comes from Fenwick
and has a long history of use. So I see no reason other authors can’t use it. As
far as I’ve seen most of the names in the Hunger Games universe are real just
really rare, of course I haven’t researched them all or anything.
As for Finnick I really like this
name and the character in the Hunger Games Series. This name gives off an Irish
vibe to me and so I think it could fit that. I like the meanings and the over
all look of this name.
Nickname Options: Finn, Nick,
Finni, Nicki / Nicky, and Ick.
