as a Last Name
- 34,738
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Finley
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (Old Irish Findlaech), composed of the elements fionn ‘white’, ‘fair’ (see Finn) + laoch ‘warrior’, ‘hero’, which seems to have been reinforced by an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements finn ‘Finn’ + leikr ‘fight’, ‘battle’, ‘hero’.
| 857th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 34,738
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Finley per capita
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