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Phineas

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MrsWainwright · 19/01/2010 12:52

What are your thoughts on this name? It is very unusual and is Biblical I think?

I have never met one so I find it hard to imagine on a person, but I am really falling for it. My husband loves the name Finn so I think I may be able to sway him.

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tiredbutlearning · 20/01/2010 08:49

I love it - it was on our short list for boys.
finlay
phinneas
jackson

Lulabell · 20/01/2010 08:43

Phineas has been struck off my list by dh as in French there's a rather mean word "fainéasse" which means lazy, and future ds would be mocked by his cousins and now someone has linked it to penis it's just a dead loss all round for us lol, typical - it was my favourite!

controlfreakery · 19/01/2010 23:39

it's his middle name, but was v nearly his first. i think it's a fab name.

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MrsWainwright · 19/01/2010 23:35

Do you have a Phineas Controlfreaky?

I think it's my favourite right now, such a wonderful name! It's a shame not all agree but I guess that's mainly because it is so very unusual, people have issues imagining it on a person.

I don't think it 'goes' with my children's names though. That's my issue.

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controlfreakery · 19/01/2010 22:55

i think it's a lovely name ... and so does ds1...

SpeedyGonzalez · 19/01/2010 22:40

I knew a Phineas at university. He was a pleasant but slightly eccentric Biochemistry PhD student who wore odd, baggy trousers.

That's all I recall about him. Wouldn't use the name for a child of mine, though.

Wanttoteach · 19/01/2010 22:40

And baby Windsor who we are currently weaning on soup.

GrimmaTheNome · 19/01/2010 22:35

Meet my boys: Plantagenet, Tudor and Stuart.

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 19/01/2010 16:23

I did stick to the dry old stick in the end, if you remember? Much good it did me. Trollope killed me off prematurely anyway.
Maybe the OP should call her baby Plantagenet?

MrsvWoolf · 19/01/2010 16:09

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sasamaxx · 19/01/2010 16:02

Don't like it - sorry - Fionn much nicer imo or one the other 'fin' type names

CheerfulYank · 19/01/2010 15:58

I like it. And I thought Ms Roberts spelled her DS Phineas as well?

GrimmaTheNome · 19/01/2010 15:43

Burgo was a cad - you should have stuck to Plantagenet, LGP

You know, Trollope could be a useful resource for anyone looking for unusual names!

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 19/01/2010 14:48

How dare you call my Burgo a cad.

bellissima · 19/01/2010 14:44

I too remember the Pallisers - used to beg to stay up and watch. But yes I wouldn't really use Phineas. What was the name of the cad Susan H loved- Burgo? Fitzgerald. (bellissima knows that she should be cultured and read the book ).

BadGardener · 19/01/2010 14:09

I used to know one - long before poncy names were fashionable.
It always struck me as quite a good sort of poncy name because if the kid didn't like it they could shorten it to Finn which has a very different set of associations.
Come to think of it, the one I knew aged 7ish used to run around pretending to be a superhero called SuperPhin.

PfftTheMagicDragon · 19/01/2010 14:08

I like it.

expatinscotland · 19/01/2010 14:08

Why not name him 'Beat me up in the school yard'?

Iklboo · 19/01/2010 14:07

Platypus, not Playpus

Iklboo · 19/01/2010 14:07

Yes - Phineas an Ferb is one of my DS's favourite TV shows at the moment.

Perry....Perry the Playpus!!

Sorry, the show might not be on anymore when your DS goes to school so no-one may get the association then. Unless they have older siblings. Finn is a gorgeous name though

MaggieNilAonSneachta · 19/01/2010 14:04

not keen. it sounds like you want to use Finn, but realise that's quite mainstream now, so you are turning it in to Phinneas. I think I prefer Fintan, Finbar, Finian, Findlay, just about every other version!

What about Fionn. The Irish version of Findlay. It is pronounced Fyunn. Not FeeOn. One syllable. Fyunn.
maybe you have to be irish to like that one!

MrsvWoolf · 19/01/2010 14:03

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Merrylegs · 19/01/2010 13:43

Kind of looks and sounds like Penis. I know, childish, but then he will be growing up with children.......

momofnearly2 · 19/01/2010 13:39

Isn't one of Julia Roberts twins called Phineas? (I could be very very wrong)

I love it with Finn as a nn.

Never heard of the cartoon.

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