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Around the world, Pérez (Perez , Pérez , Перес , among others...) is a common gender-neutral first name. The forename Pérez is habitual in Guatemala, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Mongolia, where it is quite a common largely boy's, but seldom girly name, and Puerto Rico, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Guatemala, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, Pérez is the last name as well as the forename.
Pérez is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Perez , the figure in the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 38.