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Updated March 26, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Pear tree

Girl name variations

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Middle English : Small rock

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Perry

Family name origins & meanings

  • Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of Harry (see Harris).
  • English : topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree, Middle English per(r)ie (Old English pyrige, a derivative of pere ‘pear’). This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

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