English
Finlay
Finlay comes from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh ‘fair warrior/hero’, and goes back to Old Irish Findláech.
- Old Irishc. 600–900Findláech
- Scottish GaelicmodernFionnlagh‘fair warrior/hero’
- EnglishtodayFinlay
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Irishc. 600–900Findláech
- Scottish GaelicmodernFionnlagh‘fair warrior/hero’
- EnglishtodayFinlay
The story
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh (‘fair warrior/hero’).
Every English word from Old Irish Findláech
Today it means
name A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Irish Findláech / Finlay