The finley Surname
finley Name Meaning and History
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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