Peres is a Portuguese and Galician Sephardic surname.
It is also a surname in Hungarian (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛrɛʃ]), it means litigant ("peres fél"). It is common in both forms Peres and Perez as well as Peretz among descendants of Spanish and Hungarian Rumanian Jews in Puerto Rico.
In Hebrew (פרס [ˈpeʁes]), it is the name of the bird species "Gypaetus barbatus" (lammergeier). However, Peres, Perez, and Peretz are the transliteration of the Hebrew פרץ son of Tamar and Judah.
People with the surname Peres include:
Adans Lopez Peres, Portuguese second husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
Asher Peres, Israeli physicist (born Aristide Pressman)
Bernardo Peres da Silva, the only native governor of Portuguese India
Cristiana Peres, Brazilian actress
Fernão Peres de Trava, Galician medieval nobleman
Javier Peres, American art dealer
Jean-Baptiste Pérès, French physicist
Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer
Paio Peres Correia, Portuguese medieval nobleman
Peres De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
Shimon Peres, Israeli politician (born Szymon Perski)
Valdir Peres, Brazilian footballer
Vimara Peres, Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale
