Phineas

Where Phineas comes from

From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.
— Wiktionary's entry for Phineas
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1582
    Phineas Fletcher born
    British writer
  2. 1823
    Phineas Gage born
    19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew (פִינְחָס), or Egyptian of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Phineas Gage · 19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma, 1823–1860
  • Phineas Fletcher · British writer, 1582–1650
  • Phineas Quimby · American writer, 1802–1866
  • Phineas Newborn Jr. · American jazz pianist, 1931–1989
  • Phineas Hitchcock · American politician, 1831–1881

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.