"I-Carduelis spinus" igama lesayensi le-European goldfinch, inyoni encane yomndeni wakwafinch. Igama elithi "Carduelis" lisuselwa egameni lesiLatini elisho thistle, okuwumthombo wokudla ovamile we-goldfinch, futhi elithi "spinus" lisho iva noma umgogodla, okungenzeka libhekisele emlonyeni wenyoni obukhali.
