Purdy
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Purdy by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Purdy.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Purdy
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Purdy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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