Pearly
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning pearl; a form of pearl or pearle.
Pearly by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Pearly. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 53 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pearly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pearlpearl; a precious gem from oysters180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pearleprecious gem from the sea; a form of Pearl11 in the US (2017)
- Pearlapearl; a form of pearl or pearle7 in the US (2017)
- Perlapearl; spanish and italian form of Pearl343 in the US (2017)
- Pearcestone or rock; form of Pierce27 in the US (2017)
- Pearliepearl; a form of Pearl or Perla
Other names that mean wealth
Like Pearly, each of these has wealth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
- Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
- Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Pearly
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