Pearlie
Pearlie is a 2009 animated comedy television series based on the children's book series Pearlie the Park Fairy by Wendy Harmer. It is an Australian-Canadian co-production and aired on Network Ten in Australia and YTV in Canada from September 19, 2009. One season of 26 episodes was produced.
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Meaning & Origin of Pearlie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pearlie is a 2009 animated comedy television series based on the children's book series Pearlie the Park Fairy by Wendy Harmer. It is an Australian-Canadian co-production and aired on Network Ten in Australia and YTV in Canada from September 19, 2009. One season of 26 episodes was produced.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Pearlie
The earliest SSA record of Pearlie as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 16 babies received it. 1937 was its biggest year on record, with 390 newborns named Pearlie — #315 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 18K Pearlies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Pearlie
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About the name Pearlie
Pearlie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Pearlie's peak popularity came in 1937 when it ranked #315. Use the chart and map above to compare Pearlie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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