Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Peru isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 5 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 925 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.
Peru’s family of names
In Basque usage, Peru has a conventional equivalent in the German form Peter. In Basque usage, Peru has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Pedro. In Basque usage, Peru has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Piotr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Peru has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- PeterGerman
- PedroSpanish
- Pierreequivalent
- PietroItalian
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- Pieterequivalent
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- Kepaequivalent
- Petrusequivalent
- Pederequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Perequivalent
- Petrequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- PiotrPolish
- Petruequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Peru, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.