Pinz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pinz

What is the meaning of the name Pinz ?

The baby name Pinz is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pɪnz/.

Pinz is Hebrew in Origin.

Pinz is a rare modern given name most often understood as a clipped, stylistic offshoot of the Hebrew Pinchas/Phinehas (Pinḥas). That biblical name is widely taken to derive from Egyptian pa-nehasi, “the Nubian,” hence meanings such as “dark-skinned” or “of Nubian lineage.” Pinchas has long-standing use in Jewish communities, with familiar diminutives Pini and Pinny and related forms Pincus and Pinhas; Pinz reads as a punchy contemporary variant.

The name can also emerge via the surname-to-given-name route. Pinz occurs as a family name in German-speaking Central Europe (sometimes linked to the Pinzgau region) and echoes Spanish Pinzón, “finch,” adding a nature-inflected nuance. As a given name, Pinz is unisex, minimalist, and graphic. Variants and related names include Pinchas, Phinehas, Pinhas, Pini, Pinny, and Pincus; meanings span the Egyptian-rooted sense to the avian association through Spanish.

⚙ Pinz is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Pinz appears only 14 times in total — found in 10 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.