Names

Means “fish” in Italian, referring either to a fisherman or to a person who resembled a fish in some way.

From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region (Latin Pisaurum).

Variant of Pesaro.

Variant of Pesaro.

From the name of the city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy. It was known as Perusia in the classical period, and it is of Etruscan origin.

Means “son of Per”.

From Welsh ap Herry meaning “son of Herry”.

From Welsh ap Herry meaning “son of Herry”.

From Old English pirige meaning “pear tree”, a derivative of peru meaning “pear”, itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.