Peregrin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAIR-uh-grin
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Peregrin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “pilgrim, traveller”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Peregrin mean?
Latin: German form, from Latin peregrinus
“pilgrim, traveller”
From Latin for traveller or pilgrim; Peregrin 'Pippin' Took is one of the four hobbits in The Lord of the Rings.
Is Peregrin a girl's or a boy's name?
Peregrin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Peregrin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Peregrin, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Peregrin in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Peregrin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Nicknames for Peregrin
Names like Peregrin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Atreus, Lucian, Princeton, Jayceon, Eliam, Oliver, Aziel, Bellamy, Caspian, Thiago, Elian
Names related to Peregrin
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Peregrin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/peregrin, updated 20 October 2026.