Pei

Meaning

varies by character: often 佩, 'ornament, to admire', or 培, 'to nurture'; carried doubled by Hong Kong screen legend Cheng Pei-pei

Popularity, 1890–2024

Pei does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

Names that fit alongside Pei

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