Given name
Pearlee
“a precious gem of the sea”
Pearlee is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pearlee is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pearlee is a variant of Pearl. An origin associated with Pearl is Yiddish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pearlee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 230
- 0 boys · 230 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1925.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pearlee’s family of names
Pearlee has a related form in Pearl.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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