Given name & surname · also Spanish
Perera
Perera is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Sinhalese. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Old Tupi.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Perera comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Sinhalese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Perera’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Perera as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Galician form PEREIRA. In Greek usage, Perera as a surname is a transliteration of Περέρα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Perera has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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