Message: "Origin of surname Peress"

Origin of surname Peress

by Alena

5/26/2005, 7:53 PM

I have heard it came from France but I'm not sure.

#Peress

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- sagani (guest)

5/27/2005, 9:41 AM

Perès an Peresse comes from from a regional variant of "Pierre", Peter. See the French Site www.jtosti.com/noms.

- Sagani (guest) +3

5/27/2005, 4:14 AM

If it comes from France it could be Peresse. A surname like thi is beared in North western France: in Brittany (Bretagne).

- Linda (guest)

10/2/2005, 7:11 PM

Peress

Could be a variant of the Sephardic Jewish name Peres, now found around the world as Perez. The key would be to find out when name first appeared in France.

- Alena +1

5/27/2005, 2:19 PM

Thank You for the information. Now we know where in France the name came from.

This message was edited 5/27/2005, 2:19 PM

- sagani (guest)

5/29/2005, 10:03 AM

You should thank the group of the site of Jean TOsti: they are very clever!

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