Peleg (name)

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Peleg is a masculine given name, and occasional surname. Historically, Peleg was one of the two sons of Eber, the ancestor of the Hebrews. The Hebrew meaning of Peleg is a small water stream.^[1]

Others with the name include:

Given name[edit]

Canada

• Peleg Wiswall, lawyer, judge, and politician, Nova Scotia

United States

• Peleg Arnold, lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman from Smithfield, Rhode Island
• Peleg Chandler, lawyer, journalist, and politician
• Peleg Coffin, Jr., financier, insurer, and politician
• Peleg Sprague, politician from Maine
• Peleg Sprague, politician from New Hampshire
• Peleg Tallman, Representative from Massachusetts
• Peleg Wadsworth, officer during the Revolutionary War, and a Congressman

Surname[edit]

Israel

• David Peleg, historian and diplomat
• David Peleg (scientist), computer scientist
• Israel Peleg (born 1949), politician
• Anat Peleg (born 1957), author
• Shtain Peleg (born 1996), composer

See also[edit]

• Peleg (disambiguation)
• Peleg (Paleg, Phaleg)

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Surname list

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