Peres Family History

Portuguese: patronymic from the personal name Pedro, the 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’).