Pnina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pɲinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pnina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country, where it is the 94th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Hebrew פנינה (“pearl”).
- USUnited States1 in 909K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 869as פנינה
- RORomania≈1 in 2.7Kas פנינה
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pnina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 110 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 named פנינה, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled פנינה in IL Israel, LB Lebanon, RO Romania and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Hebrew פנינה (“pearl”).
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pnina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #94 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 869 | 20 | פנינה | 66 |
| RO Romania | #527 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | פנינה | 2 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | פנינה | 3 |
| QA Qatar | #173 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | פנינה | 1 |
| LB Lebanon | #566 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | פנינה | 2 |
| US United States | — | 366 | 1 in 909K | 364 | Pnina | 110 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Pnina | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Penina Moiseb. 1797USnot in their usual nameJewish-American poet (1797-1880)
- Pnina Navè-Levinsonb. 1921DEIsraeli theologian
- Pnina Salzmanb. 1922ILIsraeli pianist (1922–2006)
- Pnina Garyb. 1927ILIsraeli actress (1927–2023)
- Pnina Moed Kassb. 1938USAmerican author
- Pnina Rosenblumb. 1954ILIsraeli businesswoman and politician; Former Knesset member
- Pnina Tornaib. 1962ILIsraeli fashion designer and reality television personality
- Pnina Rintslerb. 1979ILIsraeli actress
- Pnina Tamanob. 1981ILIsraeli politician and minister, born in Ethiopia
- Penina MeizlishILnot in their usual nameIsraeli historian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 364 | #25,763 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 5 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2 | #25,763 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pnina mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hebrew פנינה (“pearl”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Pnina?
- In the etymology graph, Peninnah is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Pnina?
- A machine transcription gives /pɲinə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Pnina a male or female name?
- Pnina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Pnina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10.0 thousand people named פנינה in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Pnina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 366 people named Pnina in 2020, about 1 in 909 thousand residents.
- How common is Pnina compared with other names?
- In Israel, Pnina is the 94th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pninaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pnina” — the 94th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.