Peninnah Forename

103,139th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,459 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Peninnah Forename Definition:

Hebrew (feminine) - Precious stone or coral.

Peninnah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
100%
2,0361:22,7442,123
Nigeria
100%
1,3391:132,6106,722
Uganda
100%
9411:43,5252,727
United States
100%
531:6,840,32077,566
England
100%
171:3,270,76034,807
Liberia
100%
171:259,5338,550
South Africa
100%
121:4,544,38799,592
Zimbabwe
100%
101:1,542,38246,134
Philippines
100%
61:17,668,246211,341
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Tanzania-31:17,596,10669,562
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249

Peninnah (131) may also be a surname.

Peninnah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Hebrew (feminine) - Precious stone or coral.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Pe-nin'-nah, precious stone. The second wife of Elkanah, the father of Samuel. 1 Sam. i. 2.

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

Meaning: a ruby.

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

A Hebrew name, meaning: Coral.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Peninnah Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pheninnah941/
Peninna93483/
Pheninna886/
Penennah886/
Paninnah885/
Peninnha882/
Pininnah882/
Peninnas881/
Penimnah881/
Pininna8010/
Paninna808/
Penenna802/
Penimna801/
Penynna801/
Phenenna755/
Pennynia751/
Pininnat751/
Phininna751/
Peneenna751/
Pinginna751/
Puiningna711/
Phennenna711/
Panhna571/
Phanhnha501/

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