Given name
Pearlina
“a precious gem of the sea”
Pearlina is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pearlina is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pearlina 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pearlina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 168
- 0 boys · 168 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 13 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 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.
Pearlina’s family of names
Pearlina has a related form in Pearl.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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