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Peninnah (female)

Variants:Pearl (F) Perle (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Jewish, originally from Hebrew "coral"; OT 1 Samuel 1:2-4.  In modern Hebrew it means "pearl".  Consequently it may be used as a variant for Perle and the Anglicized form Pearl.
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