perry

Meanings

1. A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider.

1. A topographic surname from Old English derived from the Old English pyrige (“a pear tree”).
2. A unisex given name.
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.
5. A placename:
6. A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
7. A place in England:
8. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1467).
9. A hamlet in Preston parish and Wingham parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2559).
10. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0792).
11. A minor river in Shropshire, which joins the Severn north-west of Shrewsbury; in full, the River Perry.
12. A number of places in the United States:

Etymology

From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum.