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Question:For the surname "Perry" from the website:
http://genealogy.about.com/library/surna...

Definition: 1- A local surname derived from the Old English word "pirige" or "pyrige," meaning pear tree, denoting a "dweller by the pear-tree." 2- Possibly derived from the old French "perrier" or "perrieur," for quarry, in which case it denoted one who worked in a quarry or who lived in a rocky location.

Surname Origin: English, French

Alternate Surname Spellings: PIRRIE, PERY, PEERY

For Robinson, it means, as indicated, the "son of Robin", which at the time in Merry Old England was the most common male name.
From the above website:
Definition: 1- Son of Robbin or Robin 2- Derived from the Polish word "rabin," meaning rabbi.

Surname Origin: English, Jewish

Alternate Surname Spellings: ROBESON, ROBISON

I have researched the surname "Robinson" many times, as it is one of the most common surnames in the United States, but is present in more than 40 countries.

From the website: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/...
The boy's name Robinson \r(o)-bin-son, rob(i)-nson\ is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "son of Robert". Usually a surname. Singer Smokey Robinson; poet Robinson Jeffers; actor Paul Robeson.

Robinson has 4 variant forms: Robbinson, Robeson, Robynson and Robson.

For more information, see also the related name Robert.

A baby name that sounds like Robinson is Robbins.

Which does not mean too much: people have been migrating since there were two people on earth. For YOUR family tree, the only way to find out is to work your way back to see where the name first appeared in YOUR family tree.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: For the surname "Perry" from the website:
http://genealogy.about.com/library/surna...

Definition: 1- A local surname derived from the Old English word "pirige" or "pyrige," meaning pear tree, denoting a "dweller by the pear-tree." 2- Possibly derived from the old French "perrier" or "perrieur," for quarry, in which case it denoted one who worked in a quarry or who lived in a rocky location.

Surname Origin: English, French

Alternate Surname Spellings: PIRRIE, PERY, PEERY

For Robinson, it means, as indicated, the "son of Robin", which at the time in Merry Old England was the most common male name.
From the above website:
Definition: 1- Son of Robbin or Robin 2- Derived from the Polish word "rabin," meaning rabbi.

Surname Origin: English, Jewish

Alternate Surname Spellings: ROBESON, ROBISON

I have researched the surname "Robinson" many times, as it is one of the most common surnames in the United States, but is present in more than 40 countries.

From the website: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/...
The boy's name Robinson \r(o)-bin-son, rob(i)-nson\ is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "son of Robert". Usually a surname. Singer Smokey Robinson; poet Robinson Jeffers; actor Paul Robeson.

Robinson has 4 variant forms: Robbinson, Robeson, Robynson and Robson.

For more information, see also the related name Robert.

A baby name that sounds like Robinson is Robbins.

Which does not mean too much: people have been migrating since there were two people on earth. For YOUR family tree, the only way to find out is to work your way back to see where the name first appeared in YOUR family tree.

Last name of Robinson is probably British. Last name of Perry is probably Scot or French.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the names.
Perry
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of Harry (see Harris).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree, Middle English per(r)ie (Old English pyrige, a derivative of pere ‘pear’). This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
Robinson
Northern English: patronymic from the personal name Robin.
Hope this helps.

The name Perry is derived from Old English and means the 'Dweller by the Pear Tree'.In France they have a drink made from pears, which they call' Peri'.The name Robinson is actually a title-' Robin's Son' . Or Roberts Son.Or even 'Rob's Son'.It originated from-Old English,Old French.

Debra, you offered me an excellent chance to illustrate something. I have the Perry name in my research... a Damis Perry of Minnesota. I would be totally up the creek, if I accepted any "origin" of Perry, without research. It only takes working back to her Grandfather, who was Abraham Perry.
The reality is that his name was not Perry at all.. this is just the "American" version. His actual name was Perret- and his origin was from Switzerland, to Manitoba, then to St Paul, Minn.
Damis' heritage is Swiss, and French Canadian. Her NAME shows as Perry, but it is completely unrelated to the generalized 'origins' of the name. My situation is not uncommon... many people will have a surname (now) which is not the same as the original name was.
Surname origins can be totally useless. If you really want to know YOUR background, you must trace the persons.