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Girl or boy · Scottish Gaelic
Finley
Say it: FIN-lee
Meaning
From a Scottish surname from Gaelic Fionnlagh, from fionn 'white, fair' and laoch 'warrior, hero'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Scottish boys' name, it has been used mostly for girls in the US since the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 30,856 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 923 girls
- 2,509 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Finlee, Finleigh
| Scottish Gaelic | Fionnlagh |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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