Finneus
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Finneus by the numbers
Finneus was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Finneus
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Finneus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Finneus
Names that are said the same way as Finneus, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Phinehasoracle or mouth of brass; from Egyptian Pinhas31 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Finneus
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