Finlay (name)
Finlay is an Irish-Scottish name.
Origin and meaning
The name Finlay is of Irish-Scottish origin. Originally it was only used as a first name, and since the 16th century as a family name. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic name Fionnlagh , which translates as "blond warrior".
variants
Common variants are Findlay , Findley and Finley . It's a girl's and a boy's name
Name bearer
First name
- Finlay Calder (born 1957), Scottish rugby player
- Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish theater and film actor
- Finlay MacMillan (born 1996), Scottish film actor
- Finlay Mickel (* 1977), British skier
family name
- Barbara L. Finlay (* 1950), American psychologist
- Bob Finlay (born 1943), Canadian long-distance runner
- Brett B. Finlay (born 1959), Canadian microbiologist
- Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban doctor
- Dave Finlay (born 1958), Irish wrestler
- Don Finlay (1909–1970), British hurdler
- Ethan Finlay (* 1990), American football player
- Frank Finlay (1926-2016), British actor
- George Finlay (1799–1875), British historian and philhellene
- Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand paleontologist and malacologist
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), Scottish poet, writer, artist and horticulturalist
- Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), Welsh doctor and life peer
- John Finlay (explorer) (1774–1833), Canadian fur trader and explorer
- John Finlay (politician) (1929-2010), Canadian politician
- Mervyn Finlay (1925-2014), Australian rower and lawyer
- Morgan Finlay (* 1974), Canadian musician
- Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay (1842–1929), British lawyer
- Stewart Finlay-McLennan (born 1957), Australian actor
- Thomas Finlay (1922–2017), Irish politician (Fine Gael) and Chief Justice
- Thomas D. Finley (1895-1984), American officer
- Virgil Finlay (1914–1971), American book illustrator
- William D. Finlay († 2010), Irish bank manager
- William Henry Finlay (1849-1924), South African astronomer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fionnlagh: What you should know about this first name. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (German).