Etymology

Finney

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English finig
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  1. Old English · derived fromfinig“heap”
  2. English todayFinney

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 from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.