Pincas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pincas

What is the meaning of the name Pincas ?

The baby name Pincas is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PIN-kas (English/Yiddish),Hebrew: pin-KHAS (with guttural kh sound).

Pincas is Hebrew in Origin.

Pincas is a less common transliteration of Hebrew Pinchas (פִּינְחָס), cognate with biblical Phinehas, probably from Egyptian Pa-nehasi “the Nubian/dark-skinned.” The name entered Hebrew through ancient Israelite contact with Egypt; later Greek and Latin Bibles rendered it as Phinees/Phineas. Related spellings include Pinchas, Pinhas, Pinkhas (Slavic), Pinchos or Pincus/Pinkus (Yiddish), and the English Phineas; nicknames include Pini and Pinye.

In Scripture, Pinchas is Aaron’s zealous grandson who halts a plague and becomes a priestly exemplar (Numbers 25; Joshua 22), and another Phinehas appears as a son of Eli (1 Samuel). The name persisted throughout Jewish communities - Ashkenazi, Sephardi, and Mizrahi - and was revived in modern Israel, usually as Pinchas. In English-speaking contexts Phineas gained occasional use, while Pincas/Pincus often appeared in immigrant records. Today the name conveys religious fervor and ancestral continuity more than literal color.

⚙ Pincas is exceptionally rare. Across 4 countries, we found just 4 recorded uses of it.