Pinchas

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Hebrew
"dark-skinned"

Pinchas Origin and Meaning

The name Pinchas is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dark-skinned".

Famous violinist-conductor Pinchas Zuckerman is the most famous modern bearer; the biblical Pinchas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron -- both preferable name choices.

Pinchas Popularity

Famous People Named Pinchas

  • Pinchas aka Phineas
    Biblical Exodus priest, grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar
  • Pinchas Zukerman
    Israeli violinist and conductor
  • Pinchas Sapir
    Israeli Knesset member
  • Pinchas Rosen
    first Israeli minister of justice
  • Pinchas Steinberg
    Israeli conductor
  • Pinchas Menachem Alter
    Polish Gerrer Rebbe
  • Pinchas A. Stolper
    American rabbi and author
  • Pinchas Cohen Gan
    Israeli painter

Pinchas in Pop Culture

  • Pinchas Melchitsekek
    poor poet and scholar in "Children of the Ghetto" (1892) by Israel Zangwill
  • Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski aka Krusty the Clown
    character on TV's "The Simpsons"