Name: Peggy
Gender: Female
Usage: Peggy is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Peggy are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Peggy across the world, see Margaret, Péggy.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Peggy is: Pearl.
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Numerology of the first name Peggy: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Peggy is ranked on the 470th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1346100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.019% of the population. The name Peggy has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Peggy for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Peggy is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Peggy is a female first name (often curtailed to "Peg"), derived from Margaret. It may refer to:
In literature:
- Peggy Kornegger, academic
- Peggy Noonan, author
- Peggy Parish, author
In entertainment:
- Peggy Ashcroft, actress
- Peggy Cummins, actress
- Peg Entwistle, actress
- Peggy Knudsen, actress
- Peggy McIntaggart, model
- Peggy Mount, actress
- Peggy Ryan, dancer
- Peggy Shannon, actress
- Peggy Wood, actress
- Baby Peggy, child actress of the Silent Film era
In music:
- Peggy Gordon, musical singer
- Peggy Lee, jazz singer
- Peggy March, pop singer
- Peggy Zina, Greek 'laika' singer
- Peggy Sue, a song by American singer Buddy Holly
In fiction:
- Peggy Biggs, character in Mike & Molly
- Peggy Blacket, character in Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" books.
- Peggy Bundy, character in Married... with Children
- Peggy Carter, character in Marvel Comics
- Peggy Gordon, title of a Scottish folk song
- Peggy Hill, character in King of The Hill
- Peggy Matsuyama (aka Momoranger), character in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
- Peggy Mitchell, character in EastEnders
- Peggy Ollerenshaw, character in Hi-De-Hi
- Peggy Olson, character in Mad Men
- Peggy Patch, a rag doll puppet in BBC children's TV series Playdays
In sports:
- Peggy Büchse, German long-distance swimmer
- Peggy Fleming, figure skater
In politics:
- Peg Luksik, Pennsylvania politician
- Peggy Nash, Canadian politician
In art:
- Peggy Ahwesh, American video artist
Other:
- Peggy Whitson, American astronaut
English: variant of Maggie, or of the obsolete Meggie, both pet forms of Margaret. The reason for the alternation of M- and P-, which occurs also in Molly/Polly, is not known; it has been ascribed to Celtic influence, but this particular alternation does not correspond to any of the usual mutational patterns in Celtic languages.
Short form: Peg.
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