Perseus - Meaning of Perseus

What does Perseus mean?

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Perseus

[ 3 syll. per-seu(s), pe-rse-us ] The baby boy name Perseus is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced in English as PAHR-Siy-ahS †. Perseus is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Old Greek origins. The name is of the meaning destroyer.

Persée (French), Persies, Persius, Persyes, and Persyus are variants of Perseus.

See also the related categories, english, destroyer, and greek.

Perseus is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Perseus include Parese, Parisio, Parwaez, Paurushee, Paurushey, Paurushi, Paurushie, Paurushy, Percey, Perico, Perkea, Perrea, Perseo, Persius, Persyus, Perys, Pierrick, Porcio, Porcius, and Proceso.

† Pronunciation for Perseus: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"