Finley
Irish and Scottish
"fair-haired hero"Share
Copy link
Finley Origin and Meaning
The name Finley is a girl's name of Scottish, Irish origin meaning "fair-haired hero".
This was a 100 percent boys’ name until celebs Jason Sehorn and Angie Harmon bestowed it on their daughter, followed by Lisa Marie Presley, who used it for one of her (female) twins. Finlay is also now among the most popular unisex names.
At the most recent count, Finley was given to about 1170 baby boys versus 1100 baby girls in the US, a near even split making it one of the most truly gender-neutral names.
- Finley Rank in US Top 1000
- Finley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
- Names Similar to Finley
- Famous People Named Finley
- Finley in Pop Culture
- Finley in Nameberry Forums
# 282 in the US
Finley Rank in US Top 1000
# 583 on Nameberry
Finley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Finley Popularity
20 Names Similar to Finley
These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Finley.
Famous People Named Finley
- Finley Faith Sehorn (b. 2003)daughter of actors Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn
- Finley Babbit (b. 2004)daughter of director Jamie Babbitt and producer Andrea Sperling
- Finley Fehr (b. 2006)daughter of actor Oded Fehr
- Finley Gordon (b. 2007)daughter of baseball player Brian Gordon
- Finley Aaron Love Lockwood (b. 2008)daughter of singer Lisa Marie Presley; granddaughter of Elvis Presley; twin of sister Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood
- Finley Counselldaughter of baseball player/coach Craig Counsell
- Finley Rae Martineau Baldwin (b. 2009)daughter of actor Daniel Baldwin
- Finley Grace SomersMorales (b. 2014), daughter of singer SoMo
Finley in Pop Culture
- Finley Jayne/Jane Sheppardcharacter in The Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross
- Finley Braddockcharacter in the Hex Hall series
- FinleyRose, character in Sue Townsend's "Adrian Mole" series
- Finleycharacter in the game "Hustle Cat"