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Finlay
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Origin Of The Surname Finlay
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Meaning Of The Surname Finlay
Descendants of the White Warrior
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Interesting
Facts About
Finlay
Finlay is an Anglicisation of the Old Gaelic name Fionnlagh. Fionnlagh is made up of the Old Gaelic elements ‘fion’ meaning white or pale and ‘laoch’ meaning warrior. Traditionally Gaelic surname were given to pass down the name of a clan chieftain or revered elder and in this case the name would have been passed down to the descendants of the ‘White Warrior’. This surname is mainly found in Scotland. Ian Hamilton Finley the Scottish poet and artist is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Finlay Statistics
Finlay is the number 1111 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,269 share the surname Finlay in the UK.
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