Details for the forename Peigin

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Peigin (female)


Variants:	Pegeen (F) Peggy (F) Peigi (F)
Pet Name for:	Margaret (F) Peig (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish Gaelic form of Peggy, a pet form of Peig and hence of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl". Peigin is as Pegeen.