At a Glance
- Meaning
- He comes carrying a pack on his back
- Origin
- Miami-Illinois (place name)
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- pee-OR-ee-uh
Peoria is a Miami-Illinois (place name) unisex name meaning “he comes carrying a pack on his back”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Peoria
Meaning: He comes carrying a pack on his back.
Origin: Miami-Illinois (place name).
A common claim: Widely explained on travel and naming sites as meaning "place of the portage" or "great carrying place." Actually: The name traces to a personal/clan epithet meaning roughly "(he) comes carrying a pack on his back," not literally a description of a portage site — though the underlying 'carrying' imagery is genuine.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Peoria
pee-OR-ee-uhIPA /piˈɔːriə/
Popularity of Peoria
Peoria 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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