Given name & surname
Peregrin
“one who travels; a wanderer”
Peregrin is a variant of Peregrine. One Latin interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Peregrin is a variant of Peregrine. One Latin interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Peregrin is a variant of Peregrine. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peregrin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 114 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,714 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,714 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 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.
Peregrin’s family of names
Peregrin has a related form in Peregrine. In Slovak usage, Peregrin has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Peregryn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Peregrin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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