Peres is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

, Galician, and Sephardic-Jewish surname. Its

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

variant is

Pérez Pérez, or Perez as most commonly written in English, is a Castilian Spanish surname. Perez (pronounced Peretz, see below) is also common in people of Sephardic Jewish descent and is the 4th most common surname in Israel, most common surname not o ...

. In the Hungarian language, it means litigant ("peres fél"). It is common in both forms Peres and Perez as well as Peretz among descendants of

Sephardi Jews Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...

in Puerto Rico. In

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

( ), it is the name of the bird species "

Gypaetus barbatus The bearded vulture (''Gypaetus barbatus''), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey and the only member of the genus ''Gypaetus''. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a separate mi ...

" (

lammergeier The bearded vulture (''Gypaetus barbatus''), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey and the only member of the genus ''Gypaetus''. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a separate m ...

). However, Peres, Perez, and Peretz are the transliteration of the Hebrew פרץ son of Tamar and Judah. In the biblical

Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting. Ostensibly "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon", it combines a prophecy of history with an eschatology ...

, the words which form the "writing on the wall" at

Belshazzar's feast Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall (chapter 5 in the Book of Daniel), tells how Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple. A hand appears and ...

are recorded initially as ''mene, mene, tekel, upharsin'' (Daniel 5:25) but the final word is given as ''peres'' in verse 28, where its meaning is said to be "Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the

Medes The Medes ( Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, ...

and

Persians The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. ...

". People with the surname Peres include: * Adans Lopez Peres (born 1975), Portuguese second husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco *

Asher Peres Asher Peres ( he, אשר פרס; January 30, 1934 – January 1, 2005) was an Israeli physicist. He is well known for his work relating quantum mechanics and information theory. He helped to develop the Peres–Horodecki criterion for quantum en ...

(1934-2005), Israeli physicist (born Aristide Pressman) *

Bernardo Peres da Silva Bernardo Peres da Silva (15 October 1775—18 November 1844) was a governor of Portuguese India. He was the first and only native Goan to be appointed to this post during the 451 years of Portuguese colonial and provincial governance. He was a ...

(1775-1844), the only native governor of Portuguese India * Cristiana Peres (born 1987), Brazilian actress * Fernão Peres de Trava (c.1090-1155), Galician medieval nobleman * Javier Peres (20th-21st century), American art dealer *

Marinho Peres Mário Peres Ulibarri, (born March 19, 1947 in Sorocaba), known as Marinho Peres, is a former association footballer. He played centre-back, in particular with Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team. He captained the Brazil Te ...

(born 1947), Brazilian footballer *

Paio Peres Correia D. Paio Peres Correia was a Portuguese warrior who played an important role in the thirteenth-century Reconquista. He was born c. 1205, in Monte de Fralães, a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos. He went to Uclés, then the seat of t ...

(born c. 1205), Portuguese medieval nobleman * Shimon Peres (1923-2016), Israeli politician (born Szymon Perski) *

Sonia Peres Sonia Peres ( he, סוניה פרס; ''née'' Gelman; 27 March 1923 – 20 January 2011) was the wife of President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres. Sonia served in the British Army during World War II, and for many years volunteered an ...

(1923-2011), Israeli first lady * Valdir Peres (1951-2017), Brazilian footballer * Vimara Peres (died 873), Galician medieval count and first Count of Portucale * Peres (Portuguese footballer) (born 1939), full name António Francisco de Jesus Moreira, Portuguese football midfielder * Peres (Brazilian footballer) (born 1974), full name Peres Spíndula de Oliveira, Brazilian football forward

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