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Peres

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese : patronymic from the personal name Pedro (see Peter).
  • Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : variant of Perez 2.
  • English : variant of Pierce.
  • Possibly also Hungarian : occupational name from peres ‘procurator’, ‘advocate’ (from per ‘trial’).

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