Finney

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Fenney, Finnie, Phinney

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)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States.

Derived terms

• Finney County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Finney is the 2139^th 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

• Y Fenni

Icelandic

Proper noun

Finney f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Finney
f-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Finney
accusative	Finneyju
dative	Finneyju
genitive	Finneyjar