Perry

Where Perry comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Perry.

  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Perry through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #100 among boys with 134 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1943
    Perry Christie born
    Bahamian politician
  3. 1948
    Perry King born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.
Namesakes
  • Perry King · American actor, born 1948
  • Perry Christie · Bahamian politician, born 1943
  • Perry Anderson · British historian, born 1938
  • Perry McCarthy · English racing driver, born 1961
  • Perry Kitchen · American soccer player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.