Pereira (surname)
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Origin | |
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Word/name | Portuguese, Serphadic |
Meaning | "pear tree" |
Region of origin | Portugal |
Other names | |
Related names | Pereyra, Perera, Perero, Pereiro, Pereire, and others |
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Pereira is a common surname in the Portuguese and Galician as well as Sephardic languages, namely in Portugal, Galicia, Brazil and other regions of the former Portuguese Empire.
It was originally a noble Christian toponym of the Middle Ages, taken from the feudal possession of Pereira, Portugal, which in Portuguese means 'pear tree'.
The name also exists in variations such as Pereyra, Perera, Perero, Pereiro, Pereiros, Pereyro, Pereyros, Do Pereiro, Do Pereyro, Pereire, and others. In Portugal there are some families with variations of the name although Pereira is by far the most common. The variants of this name are more commonly found in other countries such as Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Sri Lanka. Pereire, for example, is a French variant. Many Portuguese immigrants to the United States, especially Massachusetts, chose to "Americanize" their surname to Perry.
People
Politics
- Francisco Pereira Coutinho, first captain of Bahia in colonial Brazil
- Anália de Victória Pereira, Angolan politician
- Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician
- Fernando "Cobo" Pereira, officer of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Uruguayan political figure
- António Pestana Garcia Pereira, Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Henrique Pereira Rosa, politician from Guinea-Bissau
- José Maria Pereira Neves, Cape Verdean politician
- José Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese politician and intellectual
- Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguayan politician
- Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, Brazilian politician
- Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919), Dominican political figure
- Julio César Pereyra (born 1951), the mayor of Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina since 2003
Music and Dance
- Alexander Pereira, head of La Scala
- Erica Pereira, New York City Ballet soloist
- Steve Perry (Pereira) from the band Journey
- Luciano Pereyra (born 1981), Argentine singer
- Luis Pereyra (born 1965), dancer and choreographer of Tango Argentino and Argentinian folklore
- Joe Perry (Pereira) from Aerosmith
- Viviane Pereira Musical and Vocal teacher in Florida and Texas as well as online. Lideramus.com
- Leise Pereira Vocalist and Choir Director at Fellowship Church in Texas
- David Pereira Former drummer at Fellowship Church in Texas
- Jonathan Pereira Vocalist and former Choir Leader at Fellowship Church in Texas
- Catarina Pereira Portuguese Singer, dancer and actress
Sports
- Aloysius Pereira (1859–1935), Anglo-Indian cricketer
- Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan football player
- Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Bob Pereyra (born 1963), street luge racer
- Carlos Pereyra (born 1911), Argentine boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Daniel Pereira, Argentine-Uruguayan footballer
- Darío Pereyra (born 1956), Uruguayan football player
- Edward Pereira (1866–1939), English cricketer and educationalist
- Gabriel Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine footballer playing in Mexico
- Guillermo Pereyra (born 1980), Argentine-Italian footballer
- Jackie Pereira, Australian field hockey striker
- James Pereira, Brazilian boxer
- João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete
- Juan Pablo Pereyra (born 1984), Argentine footballer
- María del Pilar Pereyra (born 1978), Argentine swimmer
- Maxi Pereira, Uruguayan football Player
- Mike Pereira, (NFL) Vice President of Officiating
- Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro Gomes, Portuguese football player
- Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, Portuguese football player
- Ricardo Pereira, Portuguese football player
- Roberto Pereyra (born 1991), Argentine footballer
- T. J. Pereira (born 1976), Brazilian jockey
- Teliana Pereira (born 1988), Brazilian tennis player
- Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
- Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ubirajara Pereira (born 1970), Portuguese volleyball player
- Vítor Melo Pereira, Portuguese football referee
Other
- Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar, 1st Baron d'Aguilar, Jewish financier
- Baron Ephraim Lopes Pereira D'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar Jewish financier
- Benedict Pereira, Jesuit priest
- Brendan Pereira, Creative Director
- Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese explorer
- Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer
- Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer
- Galeote Pereira, 16th-century Portuguese soldier, trader and travel writer (China)
- George Pereira, explorer of Central Asia, diplomat, general and author
- Hal Pereira (1905-1983), American production designer and architect
- Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, one of the inventors of manual language for the deaf
- João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian musician
- Jonathan Pereira, British pharmacologist
- Julia Pereira, Brazilian model
- Kevin Pereira, American TV host
- Marco Pereira, Brazilian musician
- Michaela Pereira, Canadian television personality
- Nuno Álvares Pereira, canonized Portuguese medieval general
- Sam Pereira, American poet
- Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Portuguese writer
- Steve Pereira, British born editor, poet and writer
- William Pereira, American architect
- Abraham Israel Pereyra (died 1699), very wealthy and important "Portuguese merchant of the Jewish nation," who lived in Amsterdam
See also
- Comet Pereyra (formal designations: C/1963 R1, 1963 V, and 1963e) was a bright comet which appeared in 1963
- Pereira da Silva
- Perera