The baby name Perley is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PER-lee (IPA: /ˈpɝli/).
Perley is English in Origin.
The baby name Perley is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced PER-lee (IPA: /ˈpɝli/).
Perley is English in Origin.
Perley is an English given name with dual roots. As a transferred surname, it stems from Old English pirige "pear tree" + leah "wood/clearing," yielding the place-name sense "pear-tree meadow." It can also be treated as a spelling variant or elaboration of Pearl/Pearlie, ultimately from Old French perle "pearl," the gemstone long associated with purity and wisdom.
In use as a forename, Perley appears frequently in 19th- and early 20th-century records in New England and eastern Canada, reflecting the regional fashion for adopting family surnames as boys' given names; several American men of that era bore it. The name has since become rare and reads as gently unisex today, fitting vintage-revival tastes. Variant forms include Perlie, Pearley, Pearlie, and Pearly; related names are Pearl and Perla. Meanings given are "pear-tree meadow" or "pearl," depending on the chosen derivation.
Perley barely registers. Across 5 countries, we found just 5 recorded uses of it.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
Perley is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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