Persis is a girl's name of English origin meaning “from Persia.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2014.
Persis belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “from Persia” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Persis first appears in Social Security records in 1884. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1003 in 1884, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 567 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Persis means “from Persia” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Persis is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2014.
Persis comes from the English & American tradition.
Persis first appears in US records in 1884. Its best-ever ranking was #1003 in 1884, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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