Finlay Name Meaning & Origin
Finlay
Origin of the name Finley:
Anglicized form of Fionnlagh and Fionnla, compound names composed of the Gaelic elements fionn (white, fair) and laogh (warrior, calf): hence, "fair-haired warrior." Var: Finlay.
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- English and Welsh Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in England and Wales (2013)
- Scottish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Scotland 2014
- Scottish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Scotland, 2011
- English and Welsh Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in England and Wales
- Scottish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Scotland for 2012
- Scottish Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Scotland
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- Comments and insights on the name Finlay
Finley is a variant of Finlay - you’ll rarely hear of a Finley in Scotland.
- Personal experiences with the name Finlay
- Nicknames for Finlay
Finn, Fin, Philly
When my son Finlay was in school, the other kids used to call him "faggot". I didn't think it was that nice at the time but as it turns out he is a homosexual now so maybe those kids really helped him discover his true self.- Meanings and history of the name Finlay
St. Finlugh was a 6th Century Irish priest
- Famous real-life people named Finlay
Finlay Currie
Finlay Calder
Finlay Mickel
Finlay of Moray
Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh(ua) Dallas’s first son is named Oliver Finlay. He was born in 2014.
- Finlay in song, story & screen
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and wiggled and tiggled inside her;
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat;
Fancy that to swallow a cat!
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady that swallowed a dog;
What a hog, to swallow a dog;
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow;
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - Perhaps she'll die!
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse...
She's dead, of course!