Submitted Name Revision History

Medieval German form of both Biligrim and Peregrinus (see Peregrine), as these names were conflated with each other in the Middle Ages. Also compare the Old High German word piligrim meaning "pilgrim".

In the Anglophone world, Pilgrim is found as a given name from the 16th century onwards. It was first used by the Puritans, in reference to someone undertaking a religious pilgrimage. Later on, however, the use of the name for religious reasons ceased. Instead, people began to use it in reference to the surname Pilgrim.