Pearl Forename
6,402nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 164,439 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Pearl Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the precious stone used in recent times as a christian name (cf. Ruby, Emerald).
Pearl Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95% | 75,033 | 1:4,832 | 697 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,845 | 1:1,295 | 258 |
| England | 100% | 13,202 | 1:4,212 | 499 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,209 | 1:5,342 | 1,019 |
| Philippines | 98% | 6,720 | 1:15,775 | 1,806 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,567 | 1:5,045 | 781 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,601 | 1:627 | 150 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 4,500 | 1:3,616 | 656 |
| Botswana | 100% | 3,091 | 1:707 | 111 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,578 | 1:863 | 134 |
| India | 100% | 1,419 | 1:856,151 | 58,771 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,359 | 1:15,305 | 2,132 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,186 | 1:7,085 | 1,039 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,052 | 1:168,787 | 7,763 |
| Egypt | 72% | 998 | 1:92,085 | 4,309 |
| Scotland | 100% | 941 | 1:5,686 | 507 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Wales | 100% | 876 | 1:3,532 | 498 |
| Australia | - | 759 | 1:17,994 | 1,328 |
| Swaziland | - | 538 | 1:2,417 | 531 |
| New Zealand | - | 511 | 1:8,877 | 987 |
| Uganda | 98% | 403 | 1:101,630 | 4,608 |
| China | - | 376 | 1:3,633,127 | 51,257 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 366 | 1:46,181 | 3,251 |
| Kuwait | - | 351 | 1:10,784 | 1,311 |
| Ireland | 99% | 349 | 1:13,305 | 821 |
| Suriname | 80% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 308 | 1:5,984 | 623 |
| Barbados | - | 301 | 1:963 | 226 |
| Guyana | 100% | 274 | 1:2,786 | 545 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Bahamas | - | 256 | 1:1,560 | 367 |
| Kenya | - | 244 | 1:189,783 | 7,831 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 230 | 1:31,096 | 3,025 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 201 | 1:151,492 | 9,474 |
| Singapore | 100% | 182 | 1:34,544 | 5,928 |
| Hong Kong | - | 175 | 1:44,301 | 2,469 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 166 | 1:92,915 | 6,856 |
| Belize | 100% | 145 | 1:2,444 | 554 |
| Thailand | 98% | 122 | 1:574,310 | 25,990 |
| Grenada | 100% | 105 | 1:1,030 | 202 |
| Qatar | 100% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| Germany | 86% | 86 | 1:1,124,161 | 8,377 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 85 | 1:2,092 | 388 |
| Pakistan | 58% | 77 | 1:2,524,126 | 31,579 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 70 | 1:1,568 | 318 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 66 | 1:1,691 | 310 |
| France | 100% | 63 | 1:1,055,085 | 8,091 |
| Liberia | 100% | 57 | 1:77,405 | 3,595 |
| Panama | 100% | 57 | 1:68,536 | 3,970 |
| Dominica | - | 53 | 1:1,424 | 267 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 51 | 1:1,076 | 240 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Zambia | - | 43 | 1:368,716 | 9,762 |
| Brazil | 100% | 42 | 1:5,100,861 | 79,262 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Belgium | 100% | 39 | 1:294,616 | 5,997 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 37 | 1:162,658 | 4,549 |
| Denmark | - | 36 | 1:156,930 | 3,836 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 36 | 1:228,153 | 5,031 |
| Ecuador | - | 35 | 1:506,483 | 5,397 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Sweden | 100% | 35 | 1:281,654 | 8,745 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 33 | 1:720,293 | 33,221 |
| Namibia | - | 32 | 1:75,131 | 3,922 |
| Cameroon | - | 31 | 1:697,113 | 20,420 |
| Honduras | 100% | 29 | 1:304,051 | 5,793 |
| Indonesia | - | 29 | 1:8,895,299 | 294,414 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 28 | 1:1,240 | 288 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 26 | 1:3,562,427 | 3,420 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 24 | 1:85,000 | 7,651 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 23 | 1:207,302 | 4,707 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Norway | 100% | 14 | 1:366,595 | 7,406 |
| Mexico | 100% | 12 | 1:10,345,369 | 31,278 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12 | 1:4,399,027 | 26,540 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Spain | - | 10 | 1:4,652,996 | 15,347 |
| Colombia | - | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Oman | 100% | 8 | 1:513,583 | 5,181 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Jordan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 4 | 1:2,038,078 | 115,092 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Italy | 64% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Finland | 50% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Pearl (21,701) may also be a surname.
Pearl Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the precious stone used in recent times as a christian name (cf. Ruby, Emerald).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: A probable variant of the Latin word perula, pear, in reference to the most valued form of this product of disease, which strangely has taken its place among the highest priced gems.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Pearl Forename Popularity
Pearl Demographics
Pearl Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 14,753 (2014)
United States
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