Perry (given name)

Perry
Pronunciation	/ˈpɛri/
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	English
Origin
Word/name	From the Latin language, related to Peregrine, meaning "traveler" or "pilgrim"
Region of origin	English language
Other names
Variant form(s)	Perrey, Perrie, Perri
Related names	Perry (surname), Parry, Peregrine, Perdita
Popularity	see popular names

Perry is a unisex given name.

Male

A–G

Perry Adair (1899–1953), American golfer
Perry Adkisson (1929–2020), entomologist and Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
Perry Anderson (born 1938), British historian and political essayist
Perry Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1961), Canadian hockey player
Perry Anzilotti (born 1959), American actor
Perry A. Armstrong (1823–1904), American politician
Perry Baker (born 1986), American rugby sevens player
Perry Bamonte (born 1960), guitarist and bassist best known for his work with The Cure
Perry Richardson Bass (1914–2006), American heir, investor and philanthropist
Perry Bellegarde (born 1962), Canadian First Nations and Métis activist and politician
Perry Benson (born 1961), English actor
Perry Berezan (born 1964), Canadian hockey player
Perry Bhandal (born 1968), British director and screenwriter
Perry Blake (born 1970), Irish singer and songwriter
Perry Bradford (1893–1970), African-American composer and vaudeville performer
Perry Brass (born 1947), American author, journalist, playwright, essayist, and gay activist
Perry Bräutigam (born 1963), German soccer player and coach
Perry Broad (1921–1993), Nazi SS member at Auschwitz
Perry E. Brocchus (1810–1880), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
Perry Bullard (1942–1998), American politician
Perry Caravello (born 1963), aspiring actor
Perry Carter (born 1971), American football player and coach
Perry Chen (born 1976), American artist and the creator of Kickstarter
Perry Christie (born 1943), Bahamian politician and Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Perry Cohea (died 1848), American pioneer
Perry Collins (1813–1900), entrepreneur best known for the Russian-American Telegraph
Perry Como (1912–2001), American singer and television presenter
Perry R. Cook (born 1955), American computer music researcher and head of the Princeton Sound Lab
Perry Cotton (born 1965), footballer
Perry Criscitelli (born 1950), American restaurant owner and alleged member of the Bonanno crime family
Perry Crosswhite (born 1947), Australian Olympic basketball player and administrator
Perry Currin (1928–2011), American baseball player
Perry Daneshgari (fl. 1980s–2020s), Iranian-American entrepreneur
Perry DeAngelis (1963–2007), American podcaster
Perry Digweed (born 1959), English footballer
Perry Lee Dunn (1941–2018), American football player
Perry B. Duryea (state senator) (1891–1968), American politician
Perry B. Duryea Jr. (1921–2004), American politician
Perry Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian author and professor
Perry T. Egbert (1893–1970), American engineer and president of the American Locomotive Company
Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
Perry Ellis (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
Perry Farrell (born 1959), American musician, known as the frontman of Jane's Addiction and for creating the festival Lollapalooza
Perry Fellwock (born 1947), National Security Agency analyst and whistleblower
Perry Fenwick (born 1962), English actor known for playing Billy Mitchell in the BBC serial drama EastEnders
Perry Ferguson (1901–1963), American art director, nominated for five Academy Awards
Perry Fewell (born 1962), American football coach
Perry Filkins (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
Perry Florio (born 1967), American hockey player
Perry Freshwater (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
Perry A. Frey (born 1935), American biochemist
Perry Friedman (born 1968), American professional poker player
Perry Ganchar (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
Perry Gomez (1947–2023), Bahamian politician and Minister of Health of The Bahamas
Perry Graves (1889–1979), American football player
Perry Green (poker player) (born 1936), American poker player
Perry Joseph Green (fl. 1910s), philosopher and preacher of the New Thought Movement
Perry Gregg (born 1960), American computer scientist and inventor
Perry Grimm (1914–1971), American racecar driver
Perry Grimm (American football) (1888–1974), American football coach
Perry Groves (born 1965), English footballer
Perry Haddock (born 1959), Australian Rugby League player
Perry Hale (1878–1948), American football player and coach
Perry N. Halkitis (born 1963), American psychologist
Perry Hannah (1824–1904), American politician
Perry Harrington (born 1958), American football player
Perry G. Harrington (1812–1876), American politician and farmer

H–R

Perry Harris (1946–2021), New Zealand rugby union player
Perry Hartnett (born 1960), American football player
Perry Henzell (1936–2006), Jamaican film director
Perry Hill (baseball) (born 1952), American Major League Baseball coach
Perry Hoberman (born 1954), American installation artist
Perry Greeley Holden (1865–1959), first professor of agronomy in the United States
Perry Hooper Sr. (1925–2016), American jurist and the 27th Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Perry Hooper Jr. (born 1954), American politician
Perry Howard (1835–1907), African-American attorney and Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the 1920s
Perry Hudson (1918–2017), American urologist
Perry Hummel (born 1935), American politician
Perry Jackson (1905–1973), American football player
Perry Johanson (1910–1981), American architect
Perry Johnson (born 1977), Canadian hockey player
Perry Jones (born 1991), American basketball player
Perry T. Jones (1890–1970), American tennis official
Perry Jordan (1943–2014), American musician
Perry Kalynuk (fl. 2000s), Canadian politician
Perry J. Kaufman (born 1943), American quantitative financial theorist, trader, and author
Perry Keith (1847–1935), American politician and co-founder and namesake of Keithville, Louisiana
Perry Kemp (born 1961), American football player
Perry Kendall (born 1943), Canadian physician and the first Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia
Perry Keyes (born 1966), Australian singer-songwriter
Perry King (born 1948), American actor
Perry Kitchen (born 1992), American soccer player
Perry Kivolowitz (born 1961), American computer scientist, inventor, lecturer, and Academy Award winner
Perry Klein (born 1971), American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons
Perry Kollie (born 1982), Liberian footballer
Perry Kramer (born 1959), American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer
Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), American television producer
Perry Lang (born 1959), American director, writer, and actor
Perry Lawson (born 1982), British basketball player
Perry Lentz (born 1943), American professor of English language and literature
Perry Lim (born 1972), Singaporean army general and the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
Perry Link (born 1944), American professor
Perry Lipe (1875–1955), American minor-league baseball player and manager
Perry Lopez (1929–2008), American actor
Perry Marshall (fl. 1990s–2020s), American entrepreneur and author
Perry Martter (1901–1954), American wrestler
Perry Maxwell (1879–1952), American golf course architect
Perry McCarthy (born 1961), British racing driver
Perry McGillivray (1893–1944), American Olympic swimmer and water polo player
Perry McGriff (1937–2017), American politician
Perry Mehrling (born 1959), American professor
Perry Meisel (fl. 1970s–2010s), American writer and professor
Perry Miller (1905–1963), American historian and an authority on American Puritanism
Perry Miller (ice hockey) (born 1952), National Hockey League player
Perry Millward (born 1992), English actor
Perry Minasian (born 1980), American baseball executive
Perry Moore (1971–2011), American author, screenwriter, and film director
Perry Moss (1926–2014), American football player
Perry Moss (basketball) (born 1958), American basketball player
Perry Moss (golfer) (born 1969), professional golfer
Perry Mubanga (born 1983), Zambian footballer
Perry Mutapa (born 1979), Zambian footballer
Perry Ng (born 1996), English footballer
Perry Noble (born 1971), American preacher and senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina
Perry Nove (fl. 1990s–2000s), British police officer and Commissioner of the City of London police
Perry Nussbaum (1908–1987), the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1954 to 1973
Perry Owens (1852–1919), American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West
Perry Pandrea (born 1970), American musician
Perry Parker (born 1987), Scottish rugby union player
Perry Diamond Pearl (c. 1824–?), American politician
Perry Pearn (born 1951), Canadian hockey player
Perry Pelensky (born 1962), professional hockey player
Perry Phenix (born 1974), American football player
Perry Pirkanen (fl. 1980s–1990s), American actor
Perry T. Rathbone (1911–2000), American museum director
Perry Redd (born 1964), American social activist
Perry A. C. Reed (1871–1943), American politician
Perry Rein (fl. 1990s–2010s), American television writer and producer
Perry Rendell (born 1970), English cricketer
Perry Richardson (born 1958), American musician
Perry Riley, American football player
Perry Robertson, American sound editor and musician
Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
Perry Ray Robinson, American civil rights activist
Perry Rose, Belgian-Irish singer
Perry Rosemond, Canadian television writer, producer, and director
Perry Rosenthal, Canadian-American eye surgeon and professor
Perry Rotella, American businessman
Perry Russo (1941–1995), a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination
Perry T. Ryan (born 1962), American lawyer and author

S–Z

Perry Salles (1939–2009), Brazilian film director and actor
Perry Saturn (born 1966), American professional wrestler
Perry Schwartz (1915–2001), American football player
Perry Shields (1925–2002), American judge of the United States Tax Court
Perry Smith (American football) (born 1951), American football player
Perry Edward Smith (1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book In Cold Blood
Perry Smith (politician) (1783–1852), American congressman
Perry H. Smith (1828–1885), American state senator and state assemblyman
Perry M. Smith (born 1934), United States Air Force general
Perry So (born 1982), Hong Kong orchestral conductor
Perry Stephens (1958–2005), American actor
Perry Stevenson (born 1987), American basketball coach
Perry Suckling (born 1965), English footballer
Perry Haydn Taylor (born 1966), English designer and marketer
Perry Ten Eyck (1907–1959), American basketball coach
Perry Thomas (fl. 2000s–2020s), American football coach
Perry E. Thurston Jr. (born 1961), American politician
Perry Trimper (fl. 2010s–2020s), Canadian politician
Perry Turnbull (born 1959), Canadian hockey player
Perry Tuttle (born 1959), American football player
Perry Ubeda (born 1971), Dutch kickboxer
Perry Van der Beck (born 1959), American soccer player, manager and executive
Perry N. Vekroff (1881–1937), American film director, screenwriter, and actor of the silent era
Perry Wallace (1948–2017), professor of law and former college basketball player
Perry Warbington (1952–2008), American basketball player
Perry Watkins (1948–1996), American gay United States Army enlisted man, best known for his successful lawsuit against the military
Perry Watson (born 1950), American college basketball coach
Perry Werden (1865–1934), American baseball player
Perry Hunt Wheeler (1913–1989), American landscape architect
Perry Williams (cornerback) (born 1961), American football player
Perry Williams (running back) (born 1946), American football player
Perry Winslow (1815–1890), American whaling ship master
Perry Woodall (1912–1975), American politician
Perry Young (born 1963), American basketball player
Perry Deane Young (1941–2019), American author and journalist

Female

Perry Miller Adato (1920–2018), American film producer
Perry Bard (fl. 1980s–2010s), Canadian artist
Perry Buck (fl. 1980s–2020s), American politician
Perry County Jane Doe (1941–1978), American unidentified woman
Perry Lister (born 1959), English dancer, singer and actress
Perry Lindsay (1895–1966), American writer
Perry Mattfeld (fl. 2000s–2020s), American actress and producer
Perry Wilson (1916–2009), American actress

Fictional characters

Perry Carter, in the British comedy Kevin the Teenager and related media
Perry Cox, on the comedy television series Scrubs
Perry Malinowski, in the film Final Destination 3
Perry Mason, main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Rhodan, the titular protagonist of the German science fiction pulp magazine
Perry White, Clark Kent's editor-in-chief at the Daily Planet
Perry the Platypus, an anthropomorphic pet platypus of Phineas and Ferb
Perry, the official mascot of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Male

A–G

H–R

S–Z

Female

Fictional characters

See also