Peleg
A Hebrew name meaning "division". Fewer than sixty people in Poland carry it, and no child has been given it since at least 2000: most Poles have never met one.
Peleg Pronunciation
Peleg is pronounced PE-lek (/ˈpɛlɛk/).
What Peleg means
Where Peleg comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Peleg is a Hebrew name, and it means division, podział. The Book of Genesis gives it a home. Peleg was a son of Eber, and scripture explains the name by saying that in his days the earth was divided (Genesis 10:25). The meaning sits right there in the text, spelled out beside the man who first wore it.
The Hebrew root p-l-g points to splitting and parting. The same root yields a word for a stream or a channel cut through ground, the "peleg" of Psalm 1:3, water running in divided courses. A name about division also touches the idea of water finding its path.
Peleg stays close to its Jewish origin. It kept no Polish diminutive, no softened variant, no cross-gender pair. On a form at the urząd it would stand as written, four letters, foreign and plain.
The story is short and old. Peleg means podział, and it says so in the oldest book that records it.
How many people are named Peleg
1 in 464048 men in Poland is named Peleg. 55 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5032 among male names.