Baby name

STABLE BOY · HEBREW (BIBLICAL), VARIANT OF PHINEHAS
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Fineas

/FEE · nee · ahs/


“Possibly Nubian or serpent's mouth”

Fineas is a variant spelling of the biblical name Phinehas. Its origin is disputed: possibly from an Egyptian name meaning 'the Nubian', or from a Hebrew phrase meaning 'mouth of the serpent'.

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How it ages.

A biblical variant that reads as unusual but recognizable; familiar underneath, distinctive on the surface.

The cultural moment.

Rare; used as a masculine given name in Romania and Italy (Hungarian form: Fineás). Also spelled Finneas.