Peres
Peres is a Portuguese, Galician, and Sephardic surname. Its Spanish variant is Pérez.
In the Hungarian language, it means litigant. It is common in both forms Peres and Perez as well as Peretz among descendants of Sephardi Jews in Puerto Rico.
In Hebrew, it is the name of the bird species "Gypaetus barbatus". However, Peres, Perez, and Peretz are the transliteration of the Hebrew פרץ son of Tamar and Judah.
People with the surname Peres include:
- Adans Lopez Peres, Portuguese second husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
- Asher Peres, Israeli physicist
- Bernardo Peres da Silva, the only native governor of Portuguese India
- Cristiana Peres, Brazilian actress
- Fernão Peres de Trava, Galician medieval nobleman
- Javier Peres, American art dealer
- Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer
- Paio Peres Correia, Portuguese medieval nobleman
- Peres De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- Shimon Peres, Israeli politician
- Sonia Peres, Israeli first lady
- Valdir Peres, Brazilian footballer
- Vimara Peres, Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale
