"Finney" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Finneys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪni 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|finig||heap}} Old English finig (“heap”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Finneys}} Finney (countable and uncountable, plural Finneys)
  1. A surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Finney-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English surnames
  2. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Finney-en-name-1EC0nJNJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Fenney [surname], Finnie [surname], Phinney [surname] Derived forms: Finney County

Inflected forms

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