Pincus as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pincus

What is the meaning of the name Pincus ?

The baby name Pincus is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PIN-kus (IPA: /ˈpɪŋkəs/).

Pincus is in Origin.

Pincus is the Yiddish and Anglicized form of Hebrew Pinchas (also Pinhas), the biblical name borne by Aaron’s zealous grandson in the Book of Numbers. Most scholars trace it to an Egyptian source, often reconstructed as Pa-nehasi, meaning “the Nubian” or “dark-skinned.” Because the etymology is Egyptian rather than Hebrew, folk explanations vary, but the consensus points to this ethnonymic sense.

As a given name, Pincus took root among Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe and carried over to immigrant communities in North America and the UK in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has since become rare in English-speaking contexts, though Pinchas/Pinhas remains common in Orthodox and Hasidic circles, and Pincus endures as a Jewish surname. Variants include Pinchas, Pinhas, Pinkhas, Pinkus, Pincas, Phinehas, and the literary Phineas; nicknames include Pini (Modern Hebrew) and Pinye (Yiddish).