Peebles: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Behind the Peebles surname stands Peoples, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

What is the meaning of Peebles?

At root, the name means “Uncertain, perhaps from Peebles”. Peebles ranked 4,021 in the 2010 US Census, with 8,843 people answering to the name.

How is Peebles related to Peoples?

Records show Peebles as one of the forms Peoples took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Peeples and People.

Does every Peebles family have a crest?

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Peoples surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Get the complete Peebles report, with a museum-style coat of arms.