At a Glance
- Meaning
- As a surname, drawn from English place names built on the word for a pointed hill or summit, or separately shortened from 'Peacock' or Irish 'McPeak'; as a modern nature name it evokes a mountain summit.
- Origin
- English (surname/place-name, multiple origins)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- PEEK
Peak is an English (surname/place-name, multiple origins) boy's name meaning “As a surname, drawn from English place names built on the word for a pointed hill or summit, or separately shortened from 'Peacock' or Irish 'McPeak'; as a modern nature name it evokes a mountain summit.”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Peak
Meaning: As a surname, drawn from English place names built on the word for a pointed hill or summit, or separately shortened from 'Peacock' or Irish 'McPeak'; as a modern nature name it evokes a mountain summit..
Origin: English (surname/place-name, multiple origins).
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Peak
PEEKIPA /piːk/
Popularity of Peak
Peak doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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