What is the origin of the surname 'Pereles'?

Question

My great grandmother's maiden surname was Pereles &

i need some info about it,pliz

Answer 1

This is one possible origin of the surname Pereles, but to find out more about your grandmother, you need to research her family history, using primary documents and records.

Surname: Peerless

This unusual and interesting name is the metronymic form of the female personal name "Pearl". Metronymics are themselves very uncommon, since European society has been patriarcal for hundreds of years and it was usual for the given name of the male head of the household to be handed on as a distinguishing name, rather than that of the female head. The female given name "Pearl" is ornamental and was often used as a pet name for Margaret or Marguerite, since the Greek word for "Pearl" is "Margaretes". In the modern idiom the metronymic surname can be found as "Pearless, Peerless, Peerlis, Perlis, Perles, and Perlis". One John Peerelesse" married Sara Walker at St. James, Clerkenwell, London in August 1643. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Pearles, married Grace Cotton. which was dated 6th August 1623, St. Gregory by St. Paul's, London. during the reign of King James 1, of England and VI, of Scotland, 1603 - 1625.

Possibly :

Peralez  

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish: misspelling of Perales.

Perales  

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish: habitational name from any of the places named Perales, from the plural of peral ‘plantation of pear trees’, ‘pear orchard’, a derivative of pera ‘pear’.