Pere

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pere"

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from French Péré, a habitational surname.
• Borrowed from Catalan Pere, a personal name equivalent of Peter.
• Borrowed from Hungarian Pere.

Proper noun

Pere (plural Peres)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pere is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Pere is most common among White (53.41%) and Hispanic/Latino (35.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pere”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• pree, Reep, peer, Pree

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Pere (nom)

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan Pere, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros). Compare Occitan Pèire, French Pierre, Spanish Pedro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe

Proper noun

Pere m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

• diner de Sant Pere
• Peret

References

• “Pere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.