# Pericles (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pericles/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “far-famed”, “around”, “glory” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɛɹɪkliːz/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Perikles, Periklis |
| US babies named this | 86 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 86 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Periclēs, from Ancient Greek Περικλῆς (Periklês, “far-famed”), from περί (perí, “around”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

## What it means

Pericles is grouped under famous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 5 | 4,824 |
| 1922 | 5 | 4,808 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,138 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,655 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,473 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,182 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,322 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,926 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,790 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,196 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,972 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,857 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,787 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,740 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,399 |

## People named Pericles

- Péricles Chamusca, Brazilian association football player and manager
- Pericles de Oliveira Ramos, Brazilian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.