Peli̇n
A Turkish name meaning wormwood, the bitter herb. In Poland it barely registers: 29 women carry it, and no girl has been given it since 2000.
Peli̇n Pronunciation
Peli̇n is pronounced PELİN (/pɛli̇n/).
What Peli̇n means
Where Peli̇n comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Pelin is a Turkish word before it is a name. It means wormwood, the bitter herb that botanists call Artemisia absinthium. Polish has its own word for the same plant: piołun.
The name keeps no diminutives and no variants. Pelin stays as one form, short and level. Turkish parents give it to girls. On a Polish class register the name would sit among plant names like Jagoda and Kalina.
Wormwood is bitter, and it flavours absinthe and vermouth. Old herb books also list it as medicine against fever and worms. The bitterness is real. So is the older reading of the herb as a guard against harm, a sense attached to the plant long after the word itself existed. Pelin means wormwood, piołun in Polish.
How many people are named Peli̇n
1 in 777374 women in Poland is named Peli̇n. 29 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7720 among female names.