Pellegrino
Pellegrino is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:Pellegrino I of Aquileia, patriarch from 1130 to 1161 Pellegrino II of Aquileia, patriarch from 1195 to 1204 Pellegrino Aretusi, Italian painter Pellegrino Artusi (1820–1911), Italian author of cuisine books Pellegrino Ascani, Italian painter Pellegrino da San Daniele (1467–1547), Italian painter Peregrine Laziosi…
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Pellegrino
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pellegrino is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:Pellegrino I of Aquileia, patriarch from 1130 to 1161 Pellegrino II of Aquileia, patriarch from 1195 to 1204 Pellegrino Aretusi, Italian painter Pellegrino Artusi (1820–1911), Italian author of cuisine books Pellegrino Ascani, Italian painter Pellegrino da San Daniele (1467–1547), Italian painter Peregrine Laziosi…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Pellegrino
American parents first put Pellegrino on the record books as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 9 Pellegrinos were born — ranking #3,014 that year. About 53% of every Pellegrino on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Pellegrino last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 97 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Pellegrino
Phonetically similar names — useful when Pellegrino is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Pellegrini
- Pellegrin
- Peregrino
- Belgrano
- Peligro
- Peligroso
- Peregrina
- Pellicano
- Pelicano
- Peregrine
- Palermo
- Peregrin
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About the name Pellegrino
Pellegrino is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 97 births in the dataset. Pellegrino's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #3,014. Use the chart and map above to compare Pellegrino'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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