Peres Family History
Peres Name Meaning
Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Pedro Portuguese equivalent of Peter (Old Portuguese Pero). Spanish: variant of Pérez (see Perez ) a cognate of the Portuguese name in 1 above. This surname is most common in Mexico. French (southwestern; Pérès): plural form of Péré ‘pear tree’ (see Pere ). Breton (Pérès): from a derivative of the personal name Per an equivalent of Peter . English Welsh and Irish: variant of Pierce Jewish: variant of Perez 3 and 7: Possibly also Hungarian: occupational name from peres ‘procurator advocate’ (from per ‘trial’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022