Given name
Finesse
“one who is smooth”
Finesse is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is smooth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is smooth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Finesse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 242
- 47 boys · 195 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Finesse’s family of names
Finesse has a related form in Fines. Finesse has a related form in Finese. Finesse has a related form in Finess.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Finesse
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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