Phineas

Phineas is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Phineas is a Hellenized form of the biblical name Pinchas. He is not related to the name Phineus, the carry several figures in Greek mythology.

Because of the killing of an interfaith pair by the high priest Pinchas the name Phineas was admitted to the United States by representatives of White Supremacy and one of its mark.

Bearers of the name

  • Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), American circus pioneer and politician ( Republican)
  • Phineas Gage (1823-1860), American railroad workers and accident victims
  • Phineas Warren Hitchcock (1831-1881), American politician ( Republican)
  • Phineas Jones (1819-1884) American politician ( Republican)
  • Phineas C. Lounsbury (1841-1925), American politician ( Republican) and Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut
  • Phineas Miner (1777-1839), American politician ( National - Republican Party )
  • Phineas Newborn (1931-1989), American jazz pianist and composer
  • Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866), American medical practitioners, representatives of the New Thought movement
  • Phineas Riall (1775-1850), British officer
  • Phineas White (1770-1847) American politician ( Democratic- Republican)

Fictional people

  • Phineas Flynn, one of the title characters from the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb
  • Phineas Phreak, one of the three Freak Brothers from a comic book series by Gilbert Shelton
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