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feminine given name, meaning "

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. Alternative spellings include Peninnah, Penina, and Peninah. Names of similar origin include

Margalit Margalit (, ''lit''. pearl) is a Hebrew-language given name and surname. Before the First Aliyah it was mainly used in this form by Sephardic Jews, while its variant Margulis was more common among Ashkenazis. It may refer to: Surname * Avishai Mar ...

Pearl A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living Exoskeleton, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pear ...

, as well as names Perl/Perla/Perle/Perel: , . Besides the biblical figure

Peninnah Peninnah ( ''Pəninnā''; sometimes Transliteration, transliterated ''Penina'') was one of Elkanah (husband of Hannah), Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). Her name derives from the word (''pəninā ...

, notable people with the name include: * Penina Axelrad, American aerospace engineer *

Pnina Gary Pnina Gary (; Dromi; 24 September 1927 – 2 August 2023) was an Israeli actress and theatre director. Biography Pnina Dromi was born and raised in Nahalal, Mandatory Palestine, the daughter of Yosef Dromi (previously Kotlar) and Tzipora Ostro ...

(1927–2023), Israeli actress and director *

Pnina Granirer Pnina Granirer (born April 11, 1935 in Brăila, Romania) is a Romanian-born Canadian painter and writer. Life In 1944, as a child, Granirer witnessed the transport ready to take her and other Romanian Jews to the extermination camps. Her life wa ...

(born 1935), Romanian-Canadian artist *

Pnina Herzog Pnina Herzog (; 1925/1926 - January 21, 2005) was an Israeli pharmacist and public health official. Biography She was the daughter of Zalman and Frieda Shachor, who had been both living in Palestine in the 1940s. In 1946, she graduated from scho ...

(1925/6–2005), Israeli pharmacist *

Pnina Moed Kass Pnina Moed Kass (born 1938) is a Belgian writer. Biography Pnina Kass was born in Belgium and grew up in New York City. After studying political science and art history, she gained experience in the advertising and music industries. She taught ...

(born 1938), Belgian-Israeli artist *

Penina Moïse Penina (Nina) Moïse (23 April 1797, in Charleston, South Carolina – 13 September 1880, in Charleston, South Carolina) was an American poet. Family Penina Moïse was one of nine children born to French parents of Jewish origin, Abraham an ...

(1797–1880), American poet *

Pnina Rosenblum Pnina Rosenblum (; born ) is an Israeli businesswoman, model, media personality, and a former politician. She is a former member of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, for Likud from 2005 to 2006. Biography Pnina Rosenblum was born in Petah T ...

(born 1954), Israeli businesswoman and politician *

Pnina Salzman Pnina Salzman (; February 24, 1922, Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine – December 16, 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli classical pianist and piano pedagogue. Salzman showed an early aptitude for the piano and gave her first recital at the age of ...

(1922–2006), Israeli pianist *

Pnina Tamano-Shata Pnina Tamano-Shata (; born 1 November 1981) is an Israeli lawyer, journalist, and politician. The first Ethiopia-born woman to enter the Knesset in 2013, in 2020 she also became the first Ethiopia-born minister after being appointed Minister of ...

(born 1981), Israeli politician *

Pnina Tornai Pnina Tornai (; born November 25, 1962) is an Israeli fashion and wedding dress designer, reality and daytime TV personality. Tornai and her wedding gowns have appeared on TLC's reality television show ''Say Yes to the Dress''. Tornai's dresses h ...

(born 1962), Israeli fashion designer *

Pnina Werbner Pnina Werbner ( Gluckman/Gillon; 3 December 1944 – 17 January 2023) was a British social anthropologist. Her work focused on Sufi mysticism, diasporas, Muslim women and public sector unions in Botswana. She wrote extensively about the Arab Sp ...

(1944–2023), British anthropologist

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