Given name & surname

Perets

Perets is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Perets comes from Biblical Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Biblical Hebrew פרץ.

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Perets’s family of names

In Greek usage, Perets is a transliteration of Πέρετς. In Russian usage, Perets as a surname is a transliteration of Перец. In Yiddish usage, Perets is a Roman-alphabet rendering of פּרץ.

Walk Perets’s family in the name graph

PeretsפּרץΠέρετςПерец

The ring: spellings.

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Around the world

Perets has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.

Biblical Hebrew

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Perets, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Elí

“high; height, elevation”

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50% boys · 50% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Esdra

“help”

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56% boys · 44% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Aamos

Aamos is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Elasah

“God has made”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Anaël

Anaël is a unisex given name. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Melkko

Melkko is a surname from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Izri

“fashioner”

No U.S. birth series

40% boys · 60% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Mác-ta

“mistress, lady”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Perets’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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