Pepper

Pepper: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pepper spice”
Origin: English
Say it: PEP-er · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (93% of all uses)

An English word name from the spice, ultimately from Latin piper. It is a modern given name use rather than a traditional personal name.

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How popular is Pepper?

202438.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Pepper in 2024127

2024 rank#1,625 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18803,447

Pepper has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Pepper

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English
Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Pepper questions

What does the name Pepper mean?

Pepper means "pepper spice". It comes from English. An English word name from the spice, ultimately from Latin piper. It is a modern given name use rather than a traditional personal name.

Is Pepper a boy or girl name?

Pepper is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Pepper?

127 US babies were named Pepper in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Pepper?

Pepper is usually pronounced PEP-er.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.