Name: Finley
Gender: Male
Usage: Finley, of scottish-gaelic origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Finley are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Finley is: Fair warrior, Fair haired one.
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Numerology of the first name Finley: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Finley is ranked on the 18,299th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 11900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Finley has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Finley for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Finley is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Asa Finley (1788–1853), first elected judge of Arrow Rock, Missouri, 1824
- Bob Finley (1915–1986), American baseball catcher
- Brian Finley (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles O. Finley (1918–1996), American businessman and former owner of the Oakland A's
- Chuck Finley (born 1962), American baseball pitcher
- Clement Finley (1797–1879), 10th Surgeon General of the United States Army
- Danny Finley (born 1945), American Musician and Songwriter aka Panama Red
- Diane Finley (born 1957), Canadian politician
- Doug Finley (1946–2013), Canadian politician
- Gerald Finley (born 1960), Canadian bass-baritone opera singer
- James Finley (engineer) (1756–1828), American judge and bridge designer
- James Finley (minister) (1725–1795), American Presbyterian minister
- Joe B. Finley (1924–2011), Texas rancher and educator
- John Huston Finley (1863–1940), American educator
- John Park Finley (1854–1943), American meteorologist and Army officer; tornado researcher
- Karen Finley (born 1956), American performance artist
- Lucinda Finley (born 1950), American professor and attorney appellant
- Michael Finley (born 1973), American basketball player
- Mitch Finley (born 1945), American religious writer
- Moses I. Finley (1912–1986), American and English historian
- Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr. (born 1974), American internet radio host and atheist
- Robert Finley (1772–1817), American academic and co-organizer of the return of African slaves to Liberia
- Ron Finley, American fashion designer
- Samuel Finley (1715–1766), American Presbyterian minister and prominent academic
- Steve Finley (born 1965), American baseball center fielder
- William Asa Finley (1839–1912), first president of Oregon State University in the United States
- William L. Finley (1876–1953), ornithologist and conservationist in the U.S. state of Oregon
- William Finley (actor), American film actor
Given name:
- Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936), American writer and humorist
- Finley Quaye (born 1974), Scottish musician
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