Given name & surname
Perris
“woman of the city in France”
Perris is a variant of Paris. One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Perris is a variant of Paris. One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Perris has a related form in Piers. An origin associated with Piers is Old French. Perris is a variant of Paris. An origin associated with Paris is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Perris has a related form in Piers. The history of Piers gives this family its wider story. William Langland’s Piers Plowman presents Piers as a figure associated with work, honesty, and fairness. The poem may have helped encourage the name’s revival in the twentieth century. Perris is a variant of Paris. The history of Paris gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Paris is associated with the prince of Troy. Paris’s historical associations include a Greek-born bishop of Teano, near Naples during the 4th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Perris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 302
- 174 boys · 128 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 342 as a first name in 2020; 451 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Perris’s family of names
Perris has a related form in Paris. In English usage, Perris has a related form in Piers. In Greek usage, Perris as a surname is a transliteration of Πέρρης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Perris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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