Finley-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-lee-JAY
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Finley-Jay is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Finley-Jay mean?
Scottish: Finley + Jay
“fair warrior + jay (the bird)”
Joins Finley (Scottish, “fair warrior”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Finley and Jay.
Is Finley-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Finley-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finley-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Finley-Jay, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Finley-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
Names like Finley-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Finn, Finley, Kayden, Lochlan, Kody, Cassian, Conan, Cody, Logan, Caelan, Rowan
More Scottish names
Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid, Lachlan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Finley-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finley-jay, updated 20 October 2026.