Given name & surname
Peregrine
“one who travels; a wanderer”
Peregrine is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who travels; a wanderer.”
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peregrine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 461
- 322 boys · 139 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,359 for boys · #9,318 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +59%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,359 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 77.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 11 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 332 as a first name in 2020; 269 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.
Peregrine’s family of names
In English usage, Peregrine has a diminutive in Perry. Peregrine shares a linguistic root with Pellegrino. Peregrine has a related form in Peregrina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Perrydiminutive · English
- Peregrinvariant · English
- Peregrinavariant
- Peregrinusvariant
- Peregrienvariant
- Peregreynvariant
- Peregreinvariant
- Peregreenvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Peregrine
- Peregrine LaziosiItalian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary)1265–1345
- Peregrine MaitlandBritish soldier and colonial administrator1777–1854
- Peregrine of AuxerreBishop of Auxerre300–270
- Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of DevonshireEnglish non-royal duke, horse racing administrator, landowner and farmer (born 1944)
- Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of LeedsBritish peer (1691-1731)
- Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of LeedsRoyal Navy admiral (1659-1729)
- Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and KestevenBritish duke (1714-1778)
- Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and KestevenBritish noble1686–1742
- Peregrine Whitefirst baby boy born on the Pilgrim ship the Mayflower in the harbour of Massachusetts, the second baby born on the Mayflower's historic voyage, and the first known English child born to the Pilgrims in America (1620-1704)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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