The name Pearl is a boy's name meaning "pearl".

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While Pearl is predominantly used as a feminine name, it ranked in the US Top 1000 for boys from the 1880s until the 1930s, reaching the Top 200 on several occasions. Pearl fell out of style in general back in the 80s, but has been making a resurgence for girls in recent years.
 
Derived from the Latin perla, the gemstone is associated with wealth, wisdom, purity, and the the month of June.
 
Yet to catch on again as a boy name, this might change if parents take inspiration from actor Nico Tortorella and influencer Bethany C. Meyers who chose Pearl as a middle name for their son in 2024. They picked the vintage gem because it worked as a nod to Meyers' dad (whose middle was Earl) and because the stone was meaningful to the couple during their pregnancy journey.

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The name Pearl peaked for boys at #186 in 1886. Pearl is also used for girls, ranking #777 in 2025.

The name Pearl is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "pearl".

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Pearl, like Ruby, has begun to be polished up for a new generation of fashionable children after a century of jewelry box storage. The birthstone for the month of June, Pearl could also make a fresher middle name alternative to the overused Rose. Cool couple Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson named their daughter Pearl Minnie, followed by Jack Osbourne picking Pearl Clementine. Several celebs have put it in the middle spot, as in Busy Philipps's Cricket Pearl, Jake Owen's Olive Pearl and Caleb Followill's Dixie Pearl .
After being a Top 25 name in the late nineteenth century, Pearl went into a long slide, but is showing signs of a strong comeback -- it reentered the Top 1000 in 2010.
 In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne, who gives her the name because she is 'her mother's only treasure.'
 Pearl was also the alter ego name of Janis Joplin, tied to singer Pearl Bailey, and---hmm--the birth name of western writer Zane Gray.
 Variations are PERLE and PERLA.

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The name Pearl is currently ranked #777 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #24 in 1900. The name is most popular in PEARL, PEARL, and PEARL. Pearl is occasionally used for boys in 1983.

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