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Perkins

Masculine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Rock, stone

Boy name variations

Peter
Pete
Petey
Pietor
Pytor
Petr
Pieter
Piotr
Pietro
Pedro
Pierre
Piers
Pierce
Peer
Pero
Piero
Peder
Per
Pelle
Peadair
Petrus
Peterson
Perrin
Perkin
Parnell
Parle
Parkin
Parkinson
Petrie
Petri
Petronio
Pierson
Petò
Petúr
Pyotr

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : patronymic from Perkin, also found throughout mid and south Wales.
  • Dutch : patronymic from a pet form of Peer, a Dutch form of Peter.

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