Peggy - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Peggy \p(e)-ggy\ 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 popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Peggy. Click here to compare Peggy with related baby names.