Finley

Finley Name Meaning ： 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’.
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
James Bradley Finley (1781-1856), United States Methodist elder and minister
Jeffrey Finley (born 1991), Canadian football player
Jermichael Finley, American football tight end
Joe B. Finley (1924–2011), American 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, minister and co-organizer of the colonization movement 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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Form of Fionnlagh: fair warrior. Combine of fionn (white, fair) and laogh (warrior, calf).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Michael Finley	1973	American basketball player
2	Jermichael Finley	1987	Player of American football
3	Finley Quaye	1974	Scottish musician
4	Chuck Finley	1962	American baseball player
5	Cameron Finley	1987	American actor
6	Karen Finley	1956	American artist
7	Charles O. Finley	1918	American businessman
8	Steve Finley	1965	American baseball player
9	Finley Peter Dunne	1867	Author
10	William Finley	1940	American actor
11	Amy Finley	1973	American chef
12	Diane Finley	1957	Canadian politician
13	Moses I. Finley	1912	American historian
14	Mark Finley	1945	American writer
15	Gerald Finley	1960	Canadian baritone
16	Guy Finley	1949	American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician
17	Joe Finley	1987	American ice hockey defenceman
18	Mason Finley	1990	American shot putter and discus thrower
19	Ryan Finley		American businessperson
20	Martha Finley	1828	Children's writer, novelist, teacher
21	John Huston Finley	1863	American academic and NY Times editor-in-chief
22	Doug Finley	1946	Canadian politician
23	Brian Finley	1981	Ice hockey player
24	Jesse J. Finley	1812	Confederate Army general
25	Samuel Finley	1715	American colonial
26	Art Finley	1926	American radio personality
27	Susan G. Finley
28	Abi Finley	1982	British actress
29	James Finley	1725	American politician
30	Larry Finley	1913	American businessman
31	Finley Southby
32	Morris Finley	1981	American basketball player
33	Jay Finley	1988	Player of American football
34	Jeff Finley	1967	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
35	Julie Finley		American diplomat
36	Clement Finley	1797	United States general
37	Joe B. Finley	1924	Businessperson and educator
38	Stephanie A. Finley	1966
39	Ruth Finley
40	William L. Finley	1876	American photographer
41	John L. Finley	1935	American astronaut
42	Evelyn Finley	1916	American actress
43	John Park Finley	1854	American meteorologist
44	David E. Finley	1861	American politician
45	Ebenezer B. Finley	1833	American politician
46	Bob Finley	1915	American baseball player
47	Finley Hamilton	1886	American politician
48	Mike Finley	1950	American writer
49	Sandra Finley		Canadian politician
50	Mitch Finley	1945	American author
51	Gary Finley	1970	English footballer
52	Carl A. Finley	1924	Baseball owner
53	Finley Ellingwood		American physician
54	Holly Finale' Finley		American disc golfer
55	Charles Finley	1865	American politician
56	Jeffrey Finley	1991
57	James I. Finley		American engineer
58	John Finley	1759	American settler
59	Finley Johnson Shepard	1867	American railway executive
60	Matt Finley	1951	American musician
61	Hugh F. Finley	1833	American congressman
62	Finley Jeffrey	1969	Grenadian musician
63	William A. Finley	1839	American academic
64	Matthew 'Mdot' Finley	1987	American actor and singer
65	Lucinda Finley		Law professor
66	Bill Finley	1863	American baseball player
67	Asa Finley	1788	American politician
68	Ron Finley		American football coach
69	Finley Duncan
70	James Bradley Finley	1781
71	Robert Finley
72	Donna Finley		American politician
73	Charles M. Finley	1899
74	Albert Ernest Finley	1870	Canadian politician
75	Francis Finley	1882	Australian rugby union player
76	Gary Wade Finley
77	Finley Rasmussen		Rugby league player
78	Thomas D. Finley	1895	American officer (1895-1984)
79	Ned Finley		American actor and screenwriter
80	Ronald Finley	1940	American amateur wrestler
81	C. Finley
82	Greg Finley	1947	American actor born 1947
83	Ben Finley