Perach as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Perach

What is the meaning of the name Perach ?

The baby name Perach is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hebrew: /peˈrax/ (PEH-rahkh — final guttural 'ch' like German 'Bach'),English-friendly: /ˈpɛrək/ or /ˈpɛrɑk/ (PEH-rək or PEH-rak).

Perach is Hebrew in Origin.

Perach is a Hebrew given name meaning “flower, blossom,” from the root P‑R‑Ḥ “to bloom.” The noun perach appears throughout Biblical and rabbinic Hebrew (e.g., Isaiah 35), and modern Israeli usage keeps the soft, nature-evoking sense. Pronounced PEH‑rakh, the final consonant is the guttural ḥet, often rendered as -ch, -h, or -kh in Latin letters.

Documented among Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews as a feminine name, it remains rare but saw modest revival in 20th‑century Israel alongside botanical names like Vered and Shaked; some treat it as unisex today. Spelling variants and transliterations include Perah, Perakh, and (Sephardic/Ladino) Peraj. Related theophoric forms such as Perachya/Perachyah or Perahia mean “Yah has blossomed/flower of God” and survive also as surnames (e.g., Perahia). Cognate ideas appear in other floral names - Shoshana, Nitzan - but Perach keeps the simple image of a single bloom.