Phineas
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning dark-skinned; oracle.
Phineas by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Phineas. In the US, 127 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 141 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Phineas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Phineas
Names that are said the same way as Phineas, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Phineas, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
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