Given name & surname
Pereira
Pereira is a surname from Portuguese. It is used in English, Portuguese, and Galician.
Meaning & origin
Pereira’s family of names
In Galician usage, Pereira as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Filipino form PERERA. In Indonesian usage, Pereira as a surname has a related form in Parera. In Greek usage, Pereira as a surname is a transliteration of Περέιρα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pereira has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Portuguese roots to each of them.
3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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