Finley Name Meaning ： Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (Old Irish Findlaech), composed of the elements fionn ‘white’, ‘fair’ (see FiFinley 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
nn) + 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
