Purdey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PUR-dee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Purdey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “for God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Purdey mean?
English: English surname, from Old French pur Dieu 'for God'
“for God”
Became a girl's name through Purdey, the heroine of the 1970s British television series The New Avengers.
Is Purdey a girl's or a boy's name?
Purdey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Purdey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Purdey, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Purdey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Purdey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
Names like Purdey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Poppy, Saanvi, River, Lily, Daisy, Arya, Ruby, Pranshi, Anvi, Avneet, Honey
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, Ellie
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, “Purdey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/purdey, updated 20 October 2026.