Perícles
given name · Latin script
Perícles is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country: 5,711 people, counted by IBGE in 2022. Recorded meaning: From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
- HTHaiti≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 37K
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 94Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
5,711 people, 2022
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cape Verde, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Pericles in BR Brazil, US United States, PH Philippines and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- LatinPericlēs(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekΠερικλῆςPeriklês“far-famed”(measured from records)
- Ancient Greek rootπερίperí“around”(measured from records)
From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
Cited for this meaning 2
- Wiktionary
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Perícles counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 5,711 | 1 in 37K | 6K | Pericles | 118 |
| HT Haiti | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 32K | listed | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | 309 | 1 in 1.1M | 403 | Pericles | 83 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 461K | — | Pericles | 12 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 155K | — | Pericles | 6 |
| CV Cape Verde | #261 | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Pericles | 9 |
| DO Dominican Republic | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Pericles | 16 |
5,711 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Perícles mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- Which countries have the most people named Perícles?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Perícles, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pericles. After it come Haiti, United States, Philippines and Angola; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Perícles?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 5,711 people named Perícles in 2022, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Perícles compared with other names?
- In Cape Verde, Perícles is the 261st most common given name of 878 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/per%C3%ADclesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Perícles” — ranked 1067th in Brazil (IBGE). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.