Finlay

Where Finlay comes from

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh (“fair warrior/hero”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Finlay
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #3,728 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2015
    Peak, #2,145
    64 babies named Finlay — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.