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Peggy

What does Peggy mean?

Peggy Pronunciation of Peggy as a girls' name is pronounced PEH-gee. It is of English and Greek origin, and the meaning of Peggy is "pearl". Nickname of Margaret. Used as an independent name since the 18th century. Skater Peggy Fleming; singer Peggy Lee; actress Peggy Lipton.

STARTS WITH Pe-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, 18th century

Variations

VARIANTS Peg, Pegeen, Pegg, Peggie

RELATED FORMS VIA MARGARET Maggi, Maggy, Margy, Meg, Megan, Meggi, Meggie, Meggy

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Pengy, ..

(male) Pegge, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Peggy Shelby (P.S.), ..

How popular is Peggy?

Peggy is a very popular first name for women (#101 out of 4276, Top 2%) but a rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Peggy reached its highest position of #37 in the U.S. in the 1930s, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Peggy name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Peggy outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Margaret (#127 A YEAR AGO), Margy, Meg, Megan (#545), Peg and Peggie are the popular related forms of Peggy rated in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Meggi, are seldom used. Usage of these forms of Peggy was well-received among parents 108 years ago (MEDIAN #1361) and is now significantly less (#1524, 93%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Peggy, Margaret, Margy, Meg, Megan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Peg, Peggie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Margaret, Megan outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Aggy, Penny, Peony, Peppy and Perry. These names tend to be less frequently used than Peggy.

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