Perry (given name)
Perry | |
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Pronunciation | /ˈpɛri/ |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | From the Latin language, related to Peregrine, meaning traveler or pilgrim |
Region of origin | English language |
Other names | |
Related names | Perry (surname) |
Popularity | see popular names |
Look up Perry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Perry is a (usually) masculine given name.
People with this given name
- Perry Adato, an American film producer, director and writer
- Perry Bamonte, a guitarist and bassist best known for his work with The Cure
- Perry Richardson Bass (1914-2006), an American heir, investor and philanthropist
- Perry Benson, an English actor
- Perry Blake, an Irish singer and songwriter
- Perry Botkin, Sr. (1907–1973), American Jazz musician, composer and songwriter
- Perry Botkin, Jr. (born 1933), American composer, producer, arranger, and musician
- Perry Caravello, an aspiring actor
- Perry Carter, an American football player and coach
- Perry Como, an American singer and television presenter
- Perry Cook, an American computer music researcher and head of the Princeton Sound Lab
- Perry Currin, an American baseball player
- Perry Ellis, an American fashion designer
- Perry Elmo Futrell, Jr., an American mayor and real estate broker
- Perry Farrell, an American musician
- Perry Fenwick, an English actor known for playing Billy Mitchell in the BBC serial drama EastEnders
- Perry Fewell, an American football coach
- Perry Harrington, an American football player
- Perry Henzell, a Jamaican film director
- Perry Kemp, an American football player
- Perry King, an American actor
- Perry Kitchen, an American soccer player
- Perry Lafferty, an American television producer
- Perry Lang, an American director,writer and actor
- Perry Lopez, an American actor
- Perry McCarthy, a British racing driver
- Perry Meisel, an American writer and professor
- Perry Miller, an American historian and an authority on American Puritanism
- Perry Miller (ice hockey), a National Hockey League player
- Perry Millward, an English actor
- Perry Moore, an American author, screenwriter and film director
- Perry Moss, an American football player
- Perry Moss (basketball), an American basketball player
- Perry Moss (golfer), a professional golfer
- Perry Saturn, an American pro wrestler who worked for ECW, WCW, and the WWE
- Perry Smith (American football) (born 1951), NFL defensive back
- Perry Smith (murderer) (1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book In Cold Blood
- Perry Smith (politician) (1783–1852), American congressman
- Perry H. Smith, Wisconsin state senator and state assemblyman
- Perry Stephens, an American actor
- Perry Tuttle, an American football player
- Perry Van der Beck, an American soccer player, manager and executive
- Perry Williams (cornerback), an American football player
- Perry Williams (running back), an American football player
- Perry Deane Young, an American author and journalist
Fictional characters
- Perry Cox, a fictional doctor on the comedy Scrubs (TV series)
- Perry White, Clark Kent's editor-in-chief at the Daily Planet
- Perry Mason, a fictional lawyer
- Perry Rhodan, the main protagonist of the German science fiction pulp magazine by the same name
- Perry the Platypus, an anthropomorphic pet platypus of Phineas and Ferb
See also
- Perry (surname)
- Perry (disambiguation)
- Perri a surname or feminine given name
- Peri (name) a surname or feminine given name
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