Given name & surname
Peabody
“peacock”·“body, person”
Peabody is a surname from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Peabody is built from elements meaning “peacock” and “body, person”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Pebody, built from English pea (“peacock”) + body (“body, person”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Peabody’s family of names
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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