Pericles - Meaning of Pericles

What does Pericles mean?

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Pericles

[ 3 syll. pe-ri-cles, per-icl-es ] The baby boy name Pericles is pronounced PEHR-ih-KLiyZ (English) †. Pericles has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in Greek. Pericles' meaning is 'surrounded by glory'.

Pericles has 11 variant forms. Variant forms include Periclees, Periclez, Perriclees, Perricles, Perriclez, Perryclees, Perrycles, Perryclez, Peryclees, Perycles, and Peryclez.

See also the related categories, glory (honor) and greek.

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

Baby names that sound like Pericles include Perricles, Perrycles, Perycles, Prezlea, Perryclees, Peryclees, and Prezleigh.

† Pronunciation for Pericles: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"