Pearl
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A gem-name that suggests something rare, luminous, and precious.
Meaning
Pearl is an English word-name taken from the precious gem, and by extension it suggests purity, beauty, and value. The excerpted sources also connect the underlying pearl sense to Greek usage via names like Margaret and Gogo, glossed as "pearl."
Origin
EnglishGreekfeminine
Fun fact
In older naming books, "Pearl" is often grouped with other gem names and with Margaret, whose Greek root means "pearl."
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.