Peri (name)

Peri is a given name and surname in various cultures.

People with the surname

Peri

Language(s)	various
Origin
Region of origin	Italy, Hungary
Other names
Variant form(s)	Perini, Perić, Perich, Peris

• Achille Peri (1812–1880), Italian composer and conductor
• Claude Péri (born 1972), French figure skating coach and former competitor
• Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), Uruguayan novelist, poet, and author of short stories
• Enzo Martins Peri, Brazilian Army commander
• Gabriel Péri (1902—1941), French communist journalist and politician, member of the French Resistance
• Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), Italian composer and singer
• Michael Peri (born 1967), US Army soldier convicted of espionage
• Peter Laszlo Peri (1899–1967), Hungarian artist, sculptor and architect
• Peter Peri (born 1971), artist, grandson of Peter Laszlo Péri
• Yaakov Peri (born 1944), head of the Israeli domestic intelligence agency and CEO of Cellcom Israel

People with the given name

Peri

Pronunciation	/ˈpɛri/
Gender	Female
Origin
Region of origin	English language
Popularity	see popular names

• Peri Baumeister (born 1986), German actress
• Peri Bearman (born 1953), academic scholar of Islamic law
• Peri Drysdale (born 1954), New Zealand businesswoman
• Peri Gilpin (born 1961), American actress
• Peri Horne (born 1932), British figure skater
• Peri Marošević,
• Peri Neufeld,
• Peri Suzan Özkum,
• Peri Vaevae Pare,
• Peri Pourier,
• Peri Sandria,
• Peri Schwartz,
• Peri Sundaram,
• Peri Tarr, American computer scientist

Fictional characters

• Peri Brown in the British science fiction series Doctor Who
• Peri Lomax in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Peri Westmore in Devious Maids
• Peri, a girl from Julie's Greenroom
• Peri, an orange mutant from TV series, Spliced

See also

• Gastone Brilli-Peri (1893–1930), Italian racing driver
• John Perie VC (1831–1874), Scottish soldier
• Parry (disambiguation)
• Peri (disambiguation)
• Perri (disambiguation)
• Perry (disambiguation)
• Porri (disambiguation)