Given name & surname · also Polish

Perz

Perz is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Slovene. It is used in English and Polish.

Original PolishPyż

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Perz comes from Polish, and ultimately from Slovene.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Perz as a surname is a diminutive of Berthold. In English usage, Perz as a surname is a diminutive of PERC.

Perz’s family of names

In English usage, Perz as a surname is a diminutive of Berthold. In English usage, Perz as a surname was borrowed from the Slovenian form PERC. In English usage, Perz as a surname is a diminutive of PERC.

Walk Perz’s family in the name graph

PerzΠέρζBertholdPercPyżPyrz

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Perz has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Slovene roots to each of them.

EnglishSlovenePolish

Slovenewhere Perz comes from · 1 name

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.

Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

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Slovene

Petric

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No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Pędzich

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Slavic

Pendzich

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Slovene

Petac

Petac is a surname from Slovene.

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Polish

Pelka

Pelka is a surname from Polish.

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Polish

Pietrzyk

Pietrzyk is a surname from Polish. It is used in English and Polish.

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Slovene

Povh

Povh is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Slovene.

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Polish

Paveł

Paveł is a given name from Polish. It is used in Ukrainian.

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Sibling ideas

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

A sister for Perz