Pericles - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. pe-ri-cles, per-icl-es ] The boy name Pericles is pronounced P-ERihKahLZ ^KEY. Pericles' origin and use are both in the Greek language. Pericles' meaning is 'surrounded by glory'.

Pericles is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.

^KEY: approx English pronunciation for Pericles: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"

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