Finley Name Meaning

Gender: Unisex

Origin: Scottish

Meaning: Fair Warrior

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1. Meaning of the name "Finley"

The Finley family name was found in the United States, England, Canada and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Finley families were found in the United States in 1880. In 1880, 853 Finley families lived in Missouri.

This was about 8% of all the recorded Finley's in the USA. Missouri had the highest population of Finley families in 1880. The name Finley is the name of a Scottish boy, Irish meaning "silver haired hero".

Finley is a Scottish royal name (it belongs to Macbeth's father) riding the wave of Finn names. Chris O'Dellell used it for one of his sons, and Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn made a sex change when they named their daughter Finley.

Although Finley has been used by both sexes for enough years to put it on our list of popular unisex names, the most recent name being used almost by two for a girl, is undoubtedly pictured. Enjoy by using Harmon and Sehorn on it for their daughters.

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2. Finnley

A variant spelling of the name Finlay, which comes from the surname Fionnlagh, meaning 'white' or 'fair warrior'.

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3. Top 3 Famous Person Named Finley

Finley Hamilton:

He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended public schools and Berea College. He studied law and was admitted to a bar in 1915 and began practicing in London, Kentucky.

Hamilton enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Signal Corps, serving in the Philippine Islands and Alaska, from 1907 to 1915. During World War I, he re-established on March 18, 1916 and served in Company D, Three Hundred and the fifteenth field battalion battalion, Ninetieth Division, with service in France.

Hamilton was elected Democrat at the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935) to a large nationally elected seat on a common ticket, but not a candidate for abandonment. in 1934. He continued to practice law and died in London, Kentucky in 1940. He was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery.

William Lovell Finley:

William Lovell Finley (August 9, 1876 - June 29, 1953) was an American wildlife photographer and conservationist from Northern California. The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge was named in his honor.

 

Jesse Johnson Finley:

Jesse Johnson Finley (November 18, 1812 – November 6, 1904) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, following the reconstruction era; the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee; an volunteer officer in the United States Army during the Second Seminole War; a member of the Arkansas Senate; a member of the Florida Senate; and a Circuit Court Judge in Florida.

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