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I really love this name. I just probably will never use it because I associate it too strongly with Phineas and Ferb.
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Alternate spelling of this name is Finneas, though, it becomes a different meaning with that spelling.
The original "Phineas", in Hebrew, means "Oracle".
In Greek, it means " mouth of brass".
With the spelling as "Finneas", the name means "variant of Finn". The root name in this spelling is Finn, the Anglicanized version of the Irish "Fion" (which is pronounced "Finn").
Adding "eas" to the end, this makes it say "variant of". So when this name is spelled "Finneas", it means "variant of Finn".
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The original "Phineas", in Hebrew, means "Oracle".
In Greek, it means " mouth of brass".
With the spelling as "Finneas", the name means "variant of Finn". The root name in this spelling is Finn, the Anglicanized version of the Irish "Fion" (which is pronounced "Finn").
Adding "eas" to the end, this makes it say "variant of". So when this name is spelled "Finneas", it means "variant of Finn".
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Phineas the Blind Man from Jason and the Argonauts.
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I like it, but you'd need a nickname (Phin?) or otherwise just as a nickname in my opinion.
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A famous bearer is Phineas O'Connell, the older brother of Billie Eilish. But his name is spelled "Finneas".
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Sounds ugly and old fashioned. It also reminds me of Phineas and Ferb.
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I just think of Phineas and Ferb.
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I have also loved the name Phineas since high school because of the beloved character in A Separate Peace. We're planning to name our son this, with nickname Finn. I see a number of sites including this one only reference the Old Testament character Phinehas as the name's origin whereas there is an ancient Greek oracle king Phineus as well (from Jason and the Argonauts mythology). We much prefer this latter namesake and sites which fail to include it are misleading. For this reason we will likely use the Greek "-us" spelling instead.
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Phineas Filch, a character in the Ace Attorney series.
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I have seen Phineas and Ferb too, but there’s a bodybuilder on Family Guy who bears this name too.
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I prefer Phinean to Phineas. But it is a hard name for a kid to pull off either way, though Phinean would be easier to get away with. Kid would probably be called Fin.
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When I hear this name, I think of a riverboat gambler.
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Phineas on a young man sounds mature and refined. I enjoy the pronunciation too.
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The name Phineas was given to 96 baby boys born in the U.S. in 2013.
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I don't dislike this name, I just can't imagine it on an actual person. It's too funny. A child with the name "Phineas" today would be constantly teased, and the very popular childrens' television program Phineas and Ferb doesn't help that.
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I've been seeing a lot of negative comments about this name! :( It actually happens to be my favorite boy's name! It's so nice to say it/hear it said. It would age well with a person. I think the nickname Finny is very cute (on a little boy). And the name isn't overly common either; I think a little boy called Phineas would be refreshing to see among all the other little Aidans and Jacks. I simply adore the name, and will give it to my first son, provided I ever have a son.
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I think this is a really ugly name. I can't find out for the life of me why it's so trendy.
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I LOVE this name! I don't know why, cause I don't think it's a name I would normally like, but I just do! It's mature enough so that it would follow him into adulthood, while Finn/Finny would also make a cute nickname for it when he's little... :D I think I'm going to call my son this someday.
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It sounds hopelessly old-fashioned and pretentious, and it has the unfortunate association with P. T. Barnum. I dislike the misspellings of this name as well.
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Isn't Phineas the name of the hero in Jules Verne's 'Around the world in 80 days?'
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It is nice, but it only fits a little boy.
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Phineas Flynn is the nine-year-old star of Disney's TV show "Phineas And Ferb". He is played by Vincent Martella.
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Wonderful name. I read "A Separate Piece" 10 years ago and loved Phineas' (Finny) character. Very dynamic.
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Actually, the book was called "A Separate Peace".
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The full name of musical artist Dr. Steel is Phineas Waldolf Steel.
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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.
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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).
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Phineas T. Bluster, mayor of Doodyville on the old children's show Howdy Doody.
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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. :-)
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I think Phineas makes a great and perfectly respectable middle name.
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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.
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Who the heck would name their kid Phineas. Come on Julia Roberts, get real.
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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.)
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In the Harry Potter series Phineas Nigellus Black is Sirius Black's grandfather.
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To correct a comment above, Phineas Nigellus Black is actually Sirius Black's great-great-grandfather.
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Phineas Black is one of three sons of Phineas Nigellus Black in the Harry Potter series.
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Name of an All-American character in John Knowles' A Separate Peace.
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The most famous bearer of the name that I know of is Phineas Taylor Barnum aka P.T. Barnum of circus fame.
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