Pegg as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pegg

What is the meaning of the name Pegg ?

The baby name Pegg is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pɛɡ/ (peg).

Pegg is English in Origin.

Pegg is a rare English given name, usually a diminutive offshoot of Margaret and, less commonly, a transferred surname. Through Margaret it descends from Greek Margarites, via Latin Margarita, meaning “pearl.” In late medieval and early modern England, rhyming pet forms turned Meg (from Margaret) into Peg, and the -g/-gy endings yielded Pegg and Peggy.

As a given name Pegg has appeared sporadically in Britain and North America, while remaining more familiar as a surname. Variants and related forms include Peg, Peggy, Peggie, and the root names Margaret, Margot, Marguerite, and Margarita. All carry the sense of “pearl,” lending Pegg a compact, vintage feel. The spelling with double g reflects established English surname orthography and helps signal the short vowel, distinguishing it from the more common nickname Peg.

⚙ Pegg is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 7 times, across 6 countries.