Perri
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.
Perri by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Perri. In the US, 35 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 119 babies in 1958, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Perri
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Perri. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Perifairy or beautiful creature8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perrie9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pearlpearl; a precious gem from oysters180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perlapearl; spanish and italian form of Pearl343 in the US (2017)
- Petrastone, rock165 in the US (2017)
- Parrisof Paris; variant spelling of Paris27 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Perri
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