Palestine Forename

84,262nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,158 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Palestine Forename Definition:

Pal'-es-tine, strewed or covered with ashes or dust. Properly the country of the Philistines, extending from Gaza south, to Lydda north. In a more general sense it is the land of promise, or Canaan, or the land of Judea: it was about two hundred miles long, and eighty in the main breadth.

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Palestine Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine
 
99%
2,7691:1,643356
Jordan
100%
2,2981:3,841536
Israel
 
99%
2871:29,2782,330
United States
 
85%
2271:1,597,07928,796
Egypt
100%
1741:528,16614,341
Yemen-1151:228,6671,801
Cameroon
100%
731:296,03411,196
Iraq
 
69%
721:486,3595,493
DR Congo
 
56%
621:1,190,76833,715
Nigeria
 
75%
161:11,097,772123,439
Afghanistan
93%
 
151:2,174,90118,600
United Arab Emirates-91:794,66624,808
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Philippines
 
75%
41:26,502,369280,915
Iran-31:26,165,62345,792
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Zimbabwe
50%
 
21:7,711,90884,647
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mauritania
100%
11:4,095,23927,701
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Jamaica
100%
11:2,883,22722,340
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
France-11:66,470,34085,030
England-11:55,602,921189,715
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Palestine (3,367) may also be a surname.

Palestine Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Pal'-es-tine, strewed or covered with ashes or dust. Properly the country of the Philistines, extending from Gaza south, to Lydda north. In a more general sense it is the land of promise, or Canaan, or the land of Judea: it was about two hundred miles long, and eighty in the main breadth.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: wallowing.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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