Boy · Latin
Peregrine
Say it: PAIR-ih-grin
Meaning
From Latin peregrinus 'foreigner, traveller', the root of English pilgrim.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by a medieval saint and given to a child born aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 249 babies given this name since 1998
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 58,800 boys
- 43 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Latin | Peregrinus |
|---|---|
| Italian | Pellegrino |
| Spanish | Peregrín |
Famous bearers
- Peregrine White, first English child born to the Pilgrims in New England
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Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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