There's a character name Pagan in the book "THe Amateur Marriage" (
Anne Tyler),a boy.
His mother got lost in the drug scene, and he was raised by his grandparents.
I always kind of liked the name Pilgrim (and I'm not from the U.S., even)but refrained from naming any child of mine that;we have an unlikely last name, and it seemed that the usual and known would be best.