Surname meaning and origin
Pérez
Spanish: Son of Pedro (Peter)
Pronounced PEH-res (Spanish [ˈpe.ɾes], in Spain [ˈpe.ɾeθ]; US English PEH-rez)
Where the name comes from
- SpanishSon of Pedro (Peter)Pedro < Latin Petrus < Greek petros "stone"Patronymic. DAFN: "Spanish (Pérez): patronymic from the personal name Pedro an equivalent of Peter." The origin of the Spanish -ez patronymic ending is debated: proposals include a Latin genitive, a pre-Roman (Iberian or Basque) suffix, and Latinized Gothic genitives; none is settled.
- Sephardic JewishIberian surname kept by converso descendantsDAFN records adoption of the Spanish name at conversion to Roman Catholicism and retention by some descendants. DAFN lists a separate Jewish sense, a variant of the Hebrew name Peretz (Genesis 38), which is a different name that happens to look alike.
Pérez across traditions
- Spain. One of the most common surnames in Spain. DAFN notes the surname "is also found in France."
Forms in other languages
Peres (Portuguese; also a Spanish variant common in Mexico), De Pérez, Peris (Catalan)
Pérez in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
292
Hebrew Standard
4
Hebrew Ordinal
65
English Simple
390
English Sumerian
43
English Reverse
192
Greek Isopsephy
22
Chaldean
2
Pythagorean
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