Finglas
English
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Fionnghlas, from fionn (“fair; clear”) + glas (“rivulet, stream”).
Proper noun
editFinglas (countable and uncountable, plural Finglases)
- A suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
- A habitational surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Finglas is the 1610th most common surname in Ireland, belonging to 342 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finglas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 575.