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 Stone (disc jockey), American disc jockey
• 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 (1944–2025), Canadian artist
• Perry Blackwell, American actress in the 1959 film Pillow Talk
• Perry Buck (born 1961/1962), American politician
• Perry Chiu, Hong Kong actress
• Perry County Jane Doe (1941–1978), American unidentified woman
• Perry Howze, American writer in the films Maid to Order (1987), Mystic Pizza (1988), Chances Are (1989)
• Perry Lindsay (1895–1966), American writer
• Perry Lister (born 1959), English dancer, singer and actress
• Perry Mattfeld (fl. 2000s–2020s), American actress and producer
• Perry Mooney, Australian actress
• Perry Neville, British actress in the TV series Bernard's Watch (1997—2005)
• Perry Piercy, New Zealand actress
• Perry Rubin, daughter of Sam Rubin
• Perry Sheehan, American actress
• 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

See also

• Perry (surname)
• Perry (disambiguation)
• Perri (name), a surname and given name
• Peri (name), a surname or feminine given name