Finglas
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Anglicized form of Irish Fionnghlas, from fionn (“fair; clear”) + glas (“rivulet, stream”).
Proper noun[edit]
Finglas (countable and uncountable, plural Finglases)
- A suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
- A habitational surname from Irish.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Finglas is the 1610th most common surname in Ireland, belonging to 342 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finglas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 575.