Penina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- peh-NEE-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Penina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Penina mean?
Hebrew: from Peninnah
“pearl”
In the Book of Samuel, Peninnah is Elkanah's other wife, who taunts the childless Hannah.
Is Penina a girl's or a boy's name?
Penina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Penina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
Penina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Penina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Penina, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the girls named Penina in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Penina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
Names like Penina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Eliana, Isabella, Francesca, Ava, Sienna, Mia, Fatima, Gabriella, Ariella, Eliza, Abigail
Names related to Penina
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Penina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/penina, updated 20 October 2026.