Peres

Peres is a Portuguese and Galician surname. Originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero (English: Peter), it has another version: Pires. Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. Also, exist the spelling in the Gascon that is Peresse or Perese which means the Son of Pedro (Peter). It has a second meaning that is pear tree. Variants: Periz, Perizena. It is also a surname in Hungarian (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛrɛʃ]), it means litigant ("peres fél"). In Hebrew (פרס  [ˈpeʁes]), it is the name of the bird species "Gypaetus barbatus"

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
• Jean-Baptiste Pérès, French physicist
• Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer
• Paio Peres Correia, Portuguese medieval nobleman
• Peres De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• Shimon Peres, Israeli politician (Hebraized from Szymon Perski)
• Valdir Peres, Brazilian footballer
• Vimara Peres, Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale

See also

• Des Peres (disambiguation)
• Pérez (disambiguation)
• Pires (disambiguation)
• Peiris. Sri Lankan version of Peres
• Peres-Horodecki criterion, a necessary condition in Quantum information theory
• Peres-Hussein London Agreement, between King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres
• River des Peres, an urban river in St. Louis, United States