Given name & surname
Findlay
“a fair-haired hero”
In English use, Findlay is a variant of Finlay. One interpretation is “a fair-haired hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Findlay is a variant of Finlay. One interpretation is “a fair-haired hero.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Findlay is a form of Finlay. Finlay comes from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Findlay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 323
- 285 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,106 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,106 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 320 as a first name in 2020; 4,393 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Findlay’s family of names
Findlay has a related form in Finlay.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Findlay
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.