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What does Peggy mean?
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)
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%).
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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