Phineas?

[meadowlarks]

Again, for a friend. She likes boy's names with "ph" sounds, but doesn't know whether it's too much. Also, she hates "finn", which he'd inevitably get called for short. Opinions?

Phucking ridiculous

Makes me think of the cartoon Phineas and Ferb!

It's horrid.

I don't like it I'm afraid, but then I don't like names starting with Finn either.

Not sure what you mean by ph sound? Is f sound OK too, as it is the same?

Yes, the f sound is what I meant, sorry.

Love it. I know an adult Phineas, it's a great name. It was on my list, but we decided against it as Finn is a really popular name right now.

Oh I read this too quickly. If she hate Finn, she shouldn't call her boy Phinneas! he'll get called Finn for sure.

Good advice re middle name from MrsvWoolf

Hmm yes, I'll tell her.

and Ferb sprang to mind

and Ferb

Fogg and his crisps.

Ignore me - im not awake yet

Not to my taste.

Makes me think of the mustachiod dude from Around the World in 80 Days, even though he's Phileas

I love it and want it for DS, it would be a great compromise for our Anglo-Greco family, but DH doesn't like it.

I really don't mind the cartoon thing, to me it's actually a plus - Phineas is an unusual name but due to the cartoon people will be familiar with it.

I quite like it, but if your friend doesn't like Finn, then it would seem to be a bit of an odd choice.

Phineas WILL be Finn, together with the thousand other Finnians/Finlays/Finton/Finleys.

So if she doesn't like Finn, don't use Phineas as a first name.

I like Phineas a lot and I love the name Finn. Perfect name for a boy and man.

I read a thread on another names board a while back (I think it was behind the name.com) which was asking men what they would like to be called. A very large percentage of them said Finn. Says it all really!

Love it. I do think of Phineas and Ferb, but I love that cartoon!
However if she does not like Finn, she should avoid it or stamp firmly on any attempts to use it...

she likes boys names with ph? What other ones does she like? Can't think of any.

Phineas - not good I'm afraid IMO

oh I suppose there is Philip

Francis
Fabian
Felix
Frederick
Fergus
Fraser
Ferdinand
Figaro
Fidel
Flynn
Fariel
Fyodor

oh F
I thought it had to be Ph