Finnley is a variant of Finley, that goes back to the Irish Fionnlagh. This name means ‘white warrior’, derived from Old Irish ‘finn’ for ‘white, fair’ and ‘láech’ for ‘warrior’.
Finnley is a unisex first name, but it's given significantly more often to boys than girls.
Few children have been named Finnley in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 15 out of 100,000 children are currently called Finnley. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Finnley at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Finnley is number *** on the list of most common first names.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for given names: only 1.3% of all common first names in the US begin with an F. By the way, the most common first letters of given names are A, J and K, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.
With seven letters, the name Finnley has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 1.5% of all first names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average.
If your name is Finnley and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Finnley, you can simply say:
Fox
Igloo
Nut
Nut
Lion
Elephant
Yoyo
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Finnley
Finnley
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
F
I
N
N
L
E
Y
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
F
I
N
N
L
E
Y
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Finnley sounds like this:
