Given name
Pearlie
“a precious gem of the sea”
Pearlie is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pearlie is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pearlie 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pearlie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,828
- 699 boys · 18,129 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 411 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 390 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,585 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pearlie’s family of names
Pearlie has a related form in Pearl.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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