Name Pimpernel
Gender Feminine
Usage Literature, English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. pim-per-NEL (English)
Other Forms FormsPimpernelle
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Meaning & History
From the flower Scarlet Pimpernel, a low growing annual plant. It is well known for being the emblem of the fictional hero of the same name. Tolkien used the name for one of the Took sisters.