Pemberley
Pemberley is the fictional country estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy, the male protagonist in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It is located near the fictional town of Lambton, and believed by some to be based on Lyme Park, south of Disley in Cheshire.
Meaning & Origin of Pemberley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pemberley is the fictional country estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy, the male protagonist in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It is located near the fictional town of Lambton, and believed by some to be based on Lyme Park, south of Disley in Cheshire.
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The Story of Pemberley
Pemberley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2013, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 14 Pemberleys were born — ranking #8,053 that year. As of 2026, Pemberley ranks #13,441 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 56 Pemberleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Pemberley
Pemberley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Pemberley's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #8,053. Use the chart and map above to compare Pemberley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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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