Finney
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪni
Proper noun
Finney (countable and uncountable, plural Finneys)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Finney is the 2139th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16939 individuals. Finney is most common among White (70.41%) and Black/African American (23.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Proper noun
Finney f
- a female given name
Declension
| Declension of Finney | ||
|---|---|---|
| f-s1 | singular | |
| indefinite | ||
| nominative | Finney | |
| accusative | Finneyju | |
| dative | Finneyju | |
| genitive | Finneyjar | |