Pelin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- peh-LEEN
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Pelin is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “wormwood”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Pelin mean?
Turkish
“wormwood”
Is Pelin a girl's or a boy's name?
Pelin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pelin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Pelin, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Pelin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Pelin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
Names like Pelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Millie, Lily, Phoebe, Freya, Maisie, Hallie, Erin, Lara, Zara, Willow, Gracie
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pelin, updated 20 October 2026.