English Explanatory Dictionary

Finney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Finney Finneys 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”).

Derived words

Finney County
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