Finlay Explained
For other uses see Finlay (disambiguation).
| Finlay |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Fair Hero |
| Origin: | Scottish/Irish |
Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh.
Given name
Finlay
- Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
- Finlay Crerar, Royal Air Force Officer
- Finlay Crisp (1917–1984), Australian academic and political scientist
- Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor
- Finlay Freundlich (1885–1964), astronomer
- Finlay Jackson (1901–1941), cricketer and rugby union player
- Finlay Macdonald (minister), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- Finlay MacDonald (musician) (born 1978), Scottish bagpiper
- Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1866) (died 1948), Canadian Member of Parliament for Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia
- Finlay MacDonald (politician, born 1923) (died 2002), Canadian senator
- Finlay J. MacDonald, Scottish journalist
- Finlay McNaughton Young (1852–1916), Canadian Senator
- Finlay Mickel, Scottish skier
- Finlay Speedie, Scottish footballer
- Starsmith, British songwriter and music producer born as Finlay Dow-Smith
Other spellings
Surname
- Alan Gordon Finlay, (1890–1959), British engineer and inventor
- Alex Finlay (1887–1963), Australian unionist and Senator
- Alec Finlay (born 1966), Scottish artist
- Alexander Struthers Finlay (1807–1886), Scottish Liberal Party politician
- Brogan Finlay (born 2002), Northern Irish-American professional wrestler
- Carlos Finlay, Cuban doctor who first identified mosquitoes as a disease carrier
- Charles Coleman Finlay, American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Chase Finlay, New York City Ballet dancer
- Fit Finlay, Dave "Fit" Finlay, Northern Irish professional wrestler
- David Finlay (VC) (1893–1916), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- David Finlay (wrestler) (born 1993), German-born Northern Irish-American professional wrestler
- David White Finlay (1840–1923), Scottish physician and yachtsman
- Donald Finlay (1909–1970), British athlete
- Dr. Finlay, fictional character created by author A. J. Cronin
- Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, German astronomer and businessman
- Ethan Finlay, American soccer player
- Fergus Finlay
- Frank Finlay (1926–2016), British stage, film and television actor
- Harold John Finlay (1901–1951), New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist
- George Finlay, British historian of classical and post-classical Greece
- Graham Finlay (1936–2018), New Zealand boxer
- Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet and writer
- Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), Welsh physician and member of the House of Lords
- Jack Finlay, Irish hurler and politician
- Jack Finlay (American football), Los Angeles Rams footballer
- Jaco Finlay, Canadian settler in what is now the US state of Oregon
- Katrina Finlay, character in Monarch of the Glen (TV series)
- Kirkman Finlay (1773–1842), MP, Provost for Glasgow and leading merchant
- Martyn Finlay, New Zealand politician and lawyer
- Mary Lou Finlay, Canadian journalist
- Ninian Finlay, Scottish international rugby player
- Peter Warren Finlay, the birthname of Australian writer DBC Pierre
- Richard Finlay (1883–1948), Scottish footballer
- Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay
- Thomas Finlay (Cumann na nGaedheal politician) (1893–1932), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician and lawyer
- Thomas Finlay (judge) (1922–2017), Irish Fine Gael politician and former Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Thomas A. Finlay, Irish Catholic priest, economist, philosopher and editor
- Tom Finlay, Irish hurler
- Virgil Finlay, science fiction illustrator
- William Henry Finlay, South African astronomer
