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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
- Peres Jepchirchir (born 1993), Kenyan runner and half marathon world champion
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