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Thread #21179   Message #2608923
Posted By: GUEST,Learaí na Láibe
10-Apr-09 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Peggy Gordon
Subject: RE: Origins: Peggy Gordon
We're going slightly off-topic here - but I doubt if Peggy / Peigín means pearl in Gaelic.

Peigín is just the diminutive of Peigí / Peggy, which I think is originally an English name.

The Irish for pearl is 'péarla'