Peres is a Portuguese, Galician, and Judaeo-Spanish surname. Its Spanish variant is Pérez. It is common in both forms Peres, Perez, and Peretz among descendants of Sephardic Jews in Puerto Rico.
Hebrew: פרס, romanized: ˈperes is the name of the Bearded vulture or Gypaetus barbatus, commonly known as the lammergeier). However, the surname is from the son of Tamar and Judah, whose name means "bearded vulture". In the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Daniel, the words which form the "writing on the wall" at Belshazzar's feast are recorded initially as mene, mene, tekel, upharsin (Daniel 5:25) but the final word is given as peres in verse 28, where its meaning is said to be "Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians".[1]
People with the surname Peres include:
Adans Lopez Peres (born 1975), Portuguese second husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
Asher Peres (1934–2005), Israeli physicist (born Aristide Pressman)
Bernardo Peres da Silva (1775–1844), the only native governor of Portuguese India
Christiana Ubach, née Peres (born 1987), Brazilian actress
Fernando Pérez de Trava (c.1090-1155), Galician medieval nobleman
Javier Peres (born 1972), American art dealer
Marinho Peres (born 1947), Brazilian footballer
Paio Peres Correia (born c. 1205), Portuguese medieval nobleman
Shimon Peres (1923–2016), Israeli politician (born Szymon Perski)
Sonia Peres (1923–2011), Israeli first lady
Valter Peres (born 1954), Brazilian footballer
Waldir Peres (1951–2017), Brazilian footballer
Vimara Peres (died 873), Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale
Peres (Portuguese footballer) (born 1939), full name António Francisco de Jesus Moreira, Portuguese football midfielder
Peres (Brazilian footballer) (born 1974), full name Peres Spíndula de Oliveira, Brazilian football forward
Look up peres in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peres is a Portuguese, Galician, and Judaeo-Spanish surname. Its Spanish variant is Pérez. It is common...
that is known to mathematicians as the Feingold–Peres conjecture and to physicists as the Feingold–Peres theory. According to his autobiography, he was...
up PER, Per, per, or per- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or...
Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017), known as Waldir Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, in particular with...
Sonia Peres (Hebrew: סוניה פרס; née Gelman; 27 March 1923 – 20 January 2011) was the wife of President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres. Sonia...
Ian Peres is an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is the bassist and keyboardist of the hard rock band Wolfmother. Peres joined the...
Ricardo Martins Peres (born 3 April 1976) is a Portuguese football manager. On 1 June 2016, Peres replaced Paulo Bento, of whom he was assistant, in a...
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his time at Details, Peres established the magazine as a leading authority on men's fashion, grooming, and lifestyle. Dan Peres grew up in Baltimore,...
Super League club Sabah. Peres was born in Pelotas, Brazil and starting his career on football with Concórdia AC. Gabriel Peres began his first professional...
Luan Peres Petroni (born 19 July 1994), known as Luan Peres (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈɐ̃n ˈpɛɾes]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for...
Fernando Peres da Silva (8 January 1943 – 10 February 2019), known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager. Peres was born...
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Bruno da Silva Peres (born 1 March 1990), known as Bruno Peres (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈbɾunu ˈpɛɾis]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays...
1958 in Tel Aviv, Chemi Peres is the youngest son of Sonia and Shimon Peres, a brother to Tsvia Walden ("Tziki") and Yoni Peres. He is named after Nechemia...
Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Israel Shimon Peres. Its aim is to further Peres' vision of people in the Middle East working together to build...
Peral may refer to: Isaac Peral, the Spanish marine engineer Peral (submarine), an early submarine design Peral, Portugal, a civil parish in western Portugal...
Research in Redmond, Washington. Peres has been accused of sexual harassment by several female scientists. After his Ph.D. Peres had postdoctoral positions...
534075°N 90.262193°W / 38.534075; -90.262193 The River des Peres (French: rivière des Pères) (English: /dʌˈpɛər/) is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) metropolitan...
won the Nobel Peace Prize together with long-time political rival Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Rabin also signed a peace treaty with...
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