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Finney

Finney proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Finney (countable and uncountable, plural Finneys)

  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.

Forms of Finney

pluralFinneys
alternative formFenney
alternative formFinnie
alternative formPhinney

Origin of Finney

Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).

Words formed from Finney

Words that rhyme with Finney

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Questions about Finney

What does Finney mean?
Finney means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Finney?
Finney is a proper noun.

Words near Finney in the dictionary

  1. Finnerty
  2. Finnertys
  3. finnes
  4. finnesko
  5. finneskos
  6. Finney
  7. Finney County
  8. Finneys
  9. Finnglish
  10. Finnhorse
  11. Finnhorses

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