Persis - Meaning of Persis

What does Persis mean?

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[ 2 syll. per-sis, pe-rs-is ] The baby girl name Persis is pronounced as P-ERSihS †. Persis is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in English and Greek. The meaning of Persis is 'woman from Persia'.

Variations of Persis include Perseus, Persia, Persiah, Persiss, Persisse, Persy, Persys, Persyss, and Persysse.

Peri (familiar form in ) is another variant of the name.

See also the related categories, english and greek.

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 Persiss, Persys, Persysse, Paras, Parca, Parcae, Parcee, Parcia, Paris, Parise, Parish, Parsae, Parys, Paryse, Paryss, Parysse, Perah, Percha, Perouze, and Persa.

† Pronunciation for Persis: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)"