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Finneus

Gender
Boy
Say it
FIN-ee-us
Origin
Modern

Finneus is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Finneus come from?

Modern: variant of Phineas or Finneas, perhaps influenced by Finn

Is Finneus a girl's or a boy's name?

Finneus is a boys' name.

How popular is Finneus in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.

Half of all the boys named Finneus in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

2006Busiest: 16 in 20172021
Finneus in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202111#7,084
20200–
20195#12,138
20180–
201716#5,522
201614#6,048
20157#9,562
20149#8,124
201312#6,598
20125#12,267
20119#8,072
20106#10,759
20095#12,486
20088#9,013
200710#7,586
20066#10,655

Names like Finneus

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Finneus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finneus, updated 20 October 2026.