Given name

Pinchus

Pinchus is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Pinchus isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Pinchus through the years

Babies since 1880
708
708 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
33 babies
2025
33
#3,492 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+8%
Steady
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Pinchus in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,492 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 509 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Pinchus’s family of names

Pinchus has a related form in Phineas.

Walk Pinchus’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Pinchus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Sirus

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Xylus

17Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kenay

“a good-looking woman”

25RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Tyzir

22RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Jhayco

26RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Xamir

25RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Sahan

“resembling a falcon”

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kaysyn

23RareRising

92% boys · 8% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Pinchus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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