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What does Peregrine mean?
Peregrine 
as a boys' name is pronounced PARE-a-green. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Peregrine is "traveler, wanderer". "Peregrinations" means "wanderings". The peregrine falcon is favored in the ancient sport of falconry. English writer Peregrine Worsthorne.
ASSOCIATED WITH ancient (old)
Variations
VARIANTS Peregrin, Peregrino, Peregryn
SEE ALSO Perry
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Peregrine Rodney (P.R.), ..
How popular is Peregrine?
Peregrine is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#70473 out of 150436, Top 47%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
The only popular varying form of Peregrine (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) is Perry (#1346 LAST YEAR). Adoption of this form of Peregrine was common in the 1880s (USAGE OF 0.11%) and is now significantly reduced (USAGE 0.01%, ▼94%). (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Celestine, Germaine, Jermaine▼, Jerrone, Leverne, Parrie, Peerce, Percie, Perkin, Perkins, Perrie, Perrin, Peveril, Prentice, Selestine, Severne and Tremaine. These names tend to be more frequently used than Peregrine.
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