Peggy - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Peggy \p(e)-

is pronounced PEH-gee. It is of English origin. Nickname of Margaret (Greek) "pearl". Used as an independent name since the 18th century. Skater Peggy Fleming; singer Peggy Lee; actress Peggy Lipton.

Peggy has 4 variant forms: Peg, Pegeen, Pegg and Peggie.

Baby names that sound like Peggy are Becky, Beige, Paige, Payge, Page, Peachy and Peach.

Peggy is a very common first name for women (#101 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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