Finney
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪni
Proper noun
[edit]Finney (countable and uncountable, plural Finneys)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.
Anagrams
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Finney f (proper noun, genitive singular Finneyjar)
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- Rhymes:English/ɪni
- Rhymes:English/ɪni/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names