Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rare
PeretsIn Hebrew: פרץ · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: פֶּרֶץRomanization: pérets
Perets (Hebrew: פרץ) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 617 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 8 boys and ranked #726. Its peak year was 1949, with 30 babies.
- People in Israel
- 617
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 8
- rank #726
- Peak year
- 1949
- 30 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Perets
In Hebrew letters the name is פרץ, read right to left. Perets is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "pérets" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Perez (the father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob)
- a male given name, Perez
- a surname
Cognate with Arabic فَرَضَ (faraḍa), Aramaic פְּרַץ (pəraṣ) and Akkadian paraṣum. The name was first given to a son of Judah, since by preventing his twin brother from being delivered first he is said to have made a breach for himself.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Perets by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Perets
How do you write Perets in Hebrew?
Perets is written פרץ in Hebrew (with vowel points: פֶּרֶץ). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "pérets".
How many people in Israel are named Perets?
617 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name פרץ: 0 women and 617 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Perets a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named פרץ are men.
What does the name Perets mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Perez (the father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob)" Etymology: Cognate with Arabic فَرَضَ (faraḍa), Aramaic פְּרַץ (pəraṣ) and Akkadian paraṣum. The name was first given to a son of Judah, since by preventing his twin brother from being delivered first he is said to have made a breach for himself.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.