Traveler or pear tree
Perri is a feminine diminutive of Perry. It has two primary etymological paths: one as a variant of the Latin name Peregrine, meaning 'traveler' or 'pilgrim,' and another as an English surname referring to someone who lived near a pear tree.
Less common today
Perri isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,255 in 1995.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Pediatrician and journalist
Journalist and documentary filmmaker
Pen name for sisters Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy
English dancer and singer
