Finley

Irish and Scottish

"fair-haired hero"

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

# 282 in the US

Finley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 574 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Finley

• 282 US 2023
• 574 Nameberry 2025
• 26 Unisex 2022
• 93 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Finley

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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 Counsell daughter of baseball player/coach Craig Counsell
• Finley Rae Martineau Baldwin (b. 2009) daughter of actor Daniel Baldwin
• Finley Grace Somers Morales (b. 2014), daughter of singer SoMo

The name Finley in Pop Culture

• Finley Jayne/Jane Sheppard character in The Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross
• Finley Braddock character in the Hex Hall series
• Finley Rose, character in Sue Townsend's "Adrian Mole" series
• Finley character in the game "Hustle Cat"