Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Pepi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pepi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 362 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pepi’s family of names
In Greek usage, Pepi is a transliteration of Πέπη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Despinaequivalent
- Δέσποιναequivalent
- Δέσπωequivalent
- Despoequivalent
- Ντέπηequivalent
- Efterpiequivalent
- Ζέπωequivalent
- Ευτέρπηequivalent
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People named Pepi
- Pepi II NeferkareEgyptian pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty for the Old Kingdom2300 BC–2180 BC
- Pepi I MeryreEgyptian pharaoh2400 BC–2249 BC
- Pepi BaderWest German bobsledder (1941–2021)
- SeneferankhreEgyptian pharaoh1600 BC
- Pepi Ledereractress, writer (1910-1935)
- Pepi ManaskovMacedonian handball playerborn 1964
- Pepi LitmanYiddish performer, proto-Drag King performer1874–1930
- Pepi MerisioItalian photographer (1931–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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