The origin of the name Perry
1. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree, Middle English perie, perrie (Old English pyrige, a derivative of pere pear). 2. Welsh: patronymic, with the Welsh prefix ap-, from the medieval given name Herry, an assimilated form of Henry. 3. Jewish (Israeli): ornamental name from Hebrew peri fruit, reward.
Variants (of 1): Pery, Perrie; Pirie, Pirrie (Scots); Pury; Purry; Peryman, Perryman, Periman, Perriman, Perriment. (Of 3): Pery, Peri. Perri.
Pery is the family name of the Earls of Limerick. They are said to have originated in Brittany, and first became prominent in the reign of Henry VII. The present title was first granted to Edmond Pery (1758-1844).
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