Perl: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration

Updated January 11, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

Latin : Pearl; jewel

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Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Perel.
German : habitational name from any of several places named Perl, Berel, or Berl.
German : metonymic occupational name for a jeweler, from Middle High German perle ‘pearl’.
German (Austria) : from a pet form of Bernhard.

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