Its current name derives from lying within the historic manor of Finsbury, the manor forming one of the prebends of St Paul's Cathedral, and becoming the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, in 1900.
O seu nome actual deriva da súa situación dentro do histórico manor de Finsbury, o manor que forma un dos prebendados da Catedral de San Paulo de Londres, e converténdose no Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, en 1900.