Comments for PHINEAS:

The most famous bearer of the name that I know of is Phineas Taylor Barnum aka P.T. Barnum of circus fame.

-- drakkon  12/5/2004

Name of an All-American character in John Knowles' A Separate Peace.

-- fjensen1980  2/25/2005

In the Harry Potter series Phineas Nigellus Black is Sirius Black's grandfather.

-- HebrideanBlack  8/15/2005

Phineas Black is one of three sons of Phineas Nigellus Black in the Harry Potter series.

-- Jeana Bradbury  2/20/2006

To correct a comment above, Phineas Nigellus Black is actually Sirius Black's great-great-grandfather.

-- Marauder  11/9/2006

I've also heard that this name means "Oracle". (Which, when seeing that on this site one of the meanings is "Serpent's Mouth", makes sense.)

-- elphineas  8/18/2005

Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who had a 3 foot steel rod blown through his skull and survived. His case led to new insights into how the human brain works.

-- Spyder1jcd  9/3/2005

Who the heck would name their kid Phineas. Come on Julia Roberts, get real.

-- Anonymous User  9/3/2005

I think Phineas makes a great and perfectly respectable middle name.

-- lucie  9/21/2005

Love this name! I much prefer this spelling over the other (with the second "h"). The moniker Phin/Finn is a fantastic nickname for a little boy. Too cute. :-)

-- Anonymous User  2/18/2006

Phineas T. Bluster, mayor of Doodyville on the old children's show Howdy Doody.

-- Kosta  5/25/2006

This is a really nice name (ignore Harry Potter and Julia Roberts). It's formal enough that he won't be embarrassed by it when he's an adult, but it's easy to familiarly nickname. One of the most attractive characters in American literature bears this name (John Knowles's A Separate Peace).

-- Anonymous User  6/20/2006

I love the name. I simply love it. It's not too cute but not too strange either. Well, it depends on taste, as always ;). To me, it's a go-for-it name.

-- LoQuiero  12/13/2007

The full name of musical artist Dr. Steel is Phineas Waldolf Steel.

-- msr.iaidoka  1/5/2008

Wonderful name. I read "A Separate Piece" 10 years ago and loved Phineas' (Finny) character. Very dynamic.

-- oopy  2/8/2008

Actually, the book was called "A Separate Peace".

-- Anonymous User  2/26/2009

Phineas Flynn is the nine-year-old star of Disney's TV show "Phineas And Ferb". He is played by Vincent Martella.

-- Sophannagh  7/29/2008

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