Peregrine Forename
Approximately 445 people bear this name
Peregrine Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin peregrinus ‘stranger’ or ‘traveller’, later ‘pilgrim’. St Peregrinus (d. 643) was a hermit near Modena who was regarded as the patron of Modena and Lucca. Peregrine is found, though always rare, as a christian name from the 13th C; it was the name of one of the ss.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 156 | 1:356,429 | 8,520 |
| United States | 53% | 97 | 1:3,737,495 | 51,026 |
| Philippines | 85% | 56 | 1:1,893,026 | 42,793 |
| South Africa | 92% | 43 | 1:1,268,201 | 44,553 |
| Uganda | 100% | 36 | 1:1,137,692 | 18,725 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| India | 67% | 3 | 1:404,959,324 | 3,244,417 |
| Canada | - | 3 | 1:11,044,457 | 76,719 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Switzerland | - | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Germany | 100% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
Peregrine (693) may also be a surname.
Peregrine Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin peregrinus ‘stranger’ or ‘traveller’, later ‘pilgrim’. St Peregrinus (d. 643) was a hermit near Modena who was regarded as the patron of Modena and Lucca. Peregrine is found, though always rare, as a christian name from the 13th C; it was the name of one of the ss. of Edmund Spenser.
Peregrinus Writs of Parlament 1291.
M. Latin peregrinus, ‘a wanderer,’ whence, via French, out pilgrim. It is ‘a name sometimes given in honour of St. Peregrinus, or Pellegrino, an Irish prince, who dwelt as a hermit on the Apennines, and sometimes to commemorate a birth that has taken place when the parents have been wandering in a foreign land’ (Swan). Cf. Smollett’s novel, Peregrine Pickle, 1751.
From the Latin peregrinus, an alien, stranger, foreign. It squares with the Scripture name Balaam, i. e. non populus; and with the surnames Cumming, Newcomen, and Alman.
Latin (masculine) - a stranger.
A Latin name, meaning: Traveler.
Peregrine Forename Popularity
Peregrine Demographics
Average Peregrine Salary in
United States
$55,529 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheregrine | 95 | 1 | / |
| Peregriner | 95 | 1 | / |
| Peregriene | 95 | 1 | / |
| Perregrine | 95 | 1 | / |
| Perigrine | 89 | 10 | / |
| Peregrini | 89 | 3 | / |
| Peregrijn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Peregrene | 89 | 1 | / |
| Perrigrine | 84 | 2 | / |
| Perregrini | 84 | 1 | / |
| Peregreina | 84 | 1 | / |
| Peregrinaj | 84 | 1 | / |
| Peregrena | 78 | 49 | / |
| Pirigrine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Perigrene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bergarine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Peregreena | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pregarna | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pregreni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perigrena | 67 | 41 | / |
| Preyagron | 67 | 3 | / |
| Preyagorn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paaregorn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pragriwan | 67 | 1 | / |
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