EXHIBIT 32.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection with the Form 10-K of Eagle Bancorp, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 2003, I, Wilmer L. Tinley, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Eagle Bancorp, Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
ss.1350, as adopted pursuant toss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, that:

(1) such Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, fully complies with
the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934; and

(2) the information contained in such Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2003, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
results of operations of Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

/s/ Wilmer L. Tinley
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Wilmer L. Tinley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer