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17 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Native label
- Perry
- Soundex
- P600
- Caverphone
- PR1111
On other databases
6 identifiers linking Perry across the web's reference databases
17 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
6 identifiers linking Perry across the web's reference databases
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Perry is a surname with several distinct origins. In England, deriving from the Old English pyrige, referring to one who dwells by a pear tree, while in Wales Perry, along with Parry, arose as patronymics, via a shortening of "ap Harry". There are some variants in the Romance languages : Pereira, Pereyra, Pereyro, Pereiro, Pereiros, Pereire, Perera, Perer, Perero, Pereros; the Norman French perrieur (quarry), possibly referring to a quarryman. Perry was recorded as a surname from the late 16th century in villages near Colchester, Essex, East England, such as Lexden and Copford. Perry has some resemblance with the Portuguese common surname Pereira, which means pear tree in the Portuguese language. Because of that, many Portuguese immigrants to the US chose to Americanize their surname Pereira to Perry. The Italian surname, Perri, related to Peter, is also often Americanized to Perry.