Entry № 8031 · Turkish origin

Pelin Pelin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ peh-LEEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
"Wormwood, absinthe (Turkish)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Turkish)

A name that means "wormwood, absinthe (turkish)".

Pelin is the Turkish word for wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) — the bitter aromatic herb associated with Artemis. A poetic modern Turkish feminine name.

Pelin Karahan (born 1984) is the Turkish actress.

Wormwood. The Turkish bitter-aromatic herb.

The name in its native script.

Pelin
Transliteration
Pelin
Pronunciation
/ pəˈliːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pelin stands.

Pelin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Pelins before her.

Real people
Pelin Karahan
Turkish actress.
born 1984
In fiction
Pelin
Common in Turkish fiction.

Names connected to Pelin.

The number behind Pelin.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pelin reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.