Breach or burst forth
Derived from the Hebrew verb 'paratz', meaning to break through or burst forth. In the Book of Genesis, it was given to the son of Tamar and Judah because he 'burst forth' before his twin brother during birth.
Less common today
Peretz isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,680 in 2016.
Hebrew novelist and editor of the Haskalah movement
Classic Yiddish playwright and author
Polish-Jewish resistance fighter during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
