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Persis - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Persis

[ 2 syll. per-sis, pe-rs-is ] The girl name Persis is pronounced PERSIHS KEY. Persis is of Greek origin. It is used mainly in English and Greek. The meaning of Persis is 'woman from Persia'.

Persis is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Persis include Paris (English), Perouze (Armenian), Pirjo (Finnish), Pirkko (Finnish), Porcha (English), Porchsa (English), Porcsha (English), Porscha (English), Porsche (English), Porschee (English), Porsha (English), Portia (English), Precious (English), Prisca (English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Priska (German), Prissy (English and Spanish), Perach (Hebrew), Piroschka (German), Piroska (Hungarian), and Porche (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Persis: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Persis