Pires

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Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero (English: Peter). Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. It is a variant form of Peres. It may mean different things:

People

• Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque (1930–1962), Angolan-Portuguese writer
• Alfredo Pires (born 1964), Timor-Leste politician
• Aloísio Pires Alves (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
• Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Anabela Braz Pires (born 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
• Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos (1940–2021), Angolan poet
• Cléo Pires (born 1982), Brazilian actress
• Cornélio Pires (1884–1958), Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
• Diogo Pires (1500–1532), known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
• Emília Pires, Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
• Felipe Pires (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
• Fernão Pires de Andrade (died 1523), Portuguese merchant and official
• Francisco Fortunato Pires (born 1948), São Toméan politician
• Gérard Pirès (born 1942), French film director and writer
• Glória Pires (born 1963), Brazilian actress
• Isabel Cristina Torreão Pires (born 1961), Brazilian serial killer and cannibal
• Isabel Pires (born 1990), Portuguese politician
• João Murça Pires (1917–1994), Brazilian botanist
• Jorge Costa Pires (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
• José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998), Portuguese writer
• José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago, Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
• Loick Pires (born 1989), English footballer
• Luís Pires (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer
• Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 1960), São Toméan politician
• Maria João Pires (born 1944), Portuguese pianist
• Mário Lemos Pires (1930–2009), last governor of Portuguese Timor
• Mário Pires (born 1949), Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
• Nuno Pires, South African bioinformatician
• Paulo Pires (born 1967), Portuguese model and actor
• Pedro Pires (born 1934), President of Cape Verde
• Robert Pires (born 1973), French footballer
• Rosemir Pires (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
• Tomé Pires (1465–1540), first Portuguese envoy to China

See also

• Peiris, Sinhala surname of Português origin
• Pirez (disambiguation)
• Píriz, a surname

Surname list

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Surnames associated with the given name Peter

Baltic

• Pētersons
• Petraitis
• Petravičius
• Petrusevičius

Celtic

• McFetridge
• McPhedran

Germanic

• Parkin
• Parkins
• Parkinson
• Pearce
• Pearse
• Pearson
• Pedersen
• Pederson
• Peer
• Peers
• Peeters
• Peirce
• Perkin
• Perkins
• Perkinson
• Persson
• Peter (surname)
• Peters
• Peterson
• Petersson
• Petersen
• Piech
• Pierce
• Piers
• Pieters
• Pieterse
• Pietersen
• Pietsch
• Pietzschke
• Pötschke
• Pötzsch

Hellenic

• Petridis
• Petrou
• Petropoulos

Romance

• De Pietro
• Di Pietro
• Pedrazzini
• Pedrelli
• Pedretti
• Pedrini
• Pedroni
• Pedrotti
• Peiris
• Pérez
• Peres
• Perotti
• Petrazzi
• Petrelli
• Petrencu
• Petrescu
• Petri
• Petrini
• Petrone
• Petrocelli
• Petroni
• Petrozzi
• Petrucci
• Petrucelli
• Petruzzi
• Pieri
• Pieroni
• Pierotti
• Pierucci
• Pietri
• Pires
• Pirez
• Píriz

Slavic

• Petrak
• Petrakov
• Petráš
• Petrash
• Petrashov
• Petrashevsky
• Petrek
• Petrecki
• Petrenko
• Petrić
• Petříček
• Petrick
• Petrik
• Petrikov
• Petrishin
• Petrof
• Petrov
• Petrovič
• Petrović
• Petrovich
• Petrovski
• Petrovsky
• Petrovykh
• Petrowski
• Petrunin
• Petrusewicz
• Petrushin
• Petryak
• Petryuk
• Petryk
• Petunin
• Pietrusiewicz
• Piotrowicz
• Piotrkowski
• Piotrowski

Other

• Peterffy
• Petras
• Petre
• Petriashvili
• Petrosyan (multiple spellings)
• Petrus