Finnerty is a surname of Irish origin. It literally means "Fair snow".
Notable people with the surname Anthony Finnerty, Gaelic footballer for Mayo and father of Robert Collin Finnerty, one of the three falsely accused students in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case Cullen Finnerty (1982–2013), Grand Valley State University football team quarterback Dan Finnerty, American actor Isobel Finnerty, Canadian senator John J. Finnerty (1879–1958), American politician and barber Maurice P. Finnerty, mayor of Penticton, British Columbia from 1962 to 1967 Pat Finnerty, American musician Robert Finnerty, Gaelic footballer for Galway and son of Anthony Simon Finnerty, bare-knuckle boxer
Fictional characters Finnerty, a family on the American television series Grounded for Life Kevin Finnerty, a dream alias of Tony Soprano on the HBO television series The Sopranos Ed Finnerty, in the 1952 Kurt Vonnegut novel Player Piano