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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Peregrine m. Latin peregrinus 'foreign, strange, alien; pilgrim'.

The name of a 2nd C martyr and a 3rd C saint.

Estonia
Middle Low German
1376 Pelegrym BbRT p. 335
Germany
Early New High German
1404 Pilgreim (nom) mairhofer DCLXXVII; 1407 Pilgriem (nom) ibid. DCLXXXII
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Piligrini (gen) BBC-Berg 143; 1326 Pellegrini (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 446, Peregrino (abl) ibid. no. 439
Spain
Catalan
1510 Pelegri valencia1510 1052
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