People

The name is of Welsh origin from Perthyn, relative or belonging to a particular person or family, and also thought to be the Anglicized form of Peredur, from Medieval Welsh. It is also found throughout mid and southern England.

The name is an AngloSaxon corruption of the son(kin) of Pierre, a Norman (1066 and all that) conquerer = Pierre Kin = Pierrekin = Perkins
That's why there are so many Perkins in the south of England.

Last or surname Perkins

• Al Perkins
  Al Perkins
  Al Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....
  
  , musician-guitarist
• Anthony Perkins
  Anthony Perkins
  Anthony Perkins was an American actor, best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion and as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho , and its three sequels.-Early life:...
  
   (1932-1992), American actor
• Bill Perkins (disambiguation)
• Bishop Perkins
  Bishop Perkins
  Bishop Perkins was a United States Representative from New York....
  
   (1787–1866), U.S. Representative from New York
• Bishop W. Perkins
  Bishop W. Perkins
  Bishop Walden Perkins was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College . He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War as...
  
   (1841–1894), U.S. Representative and Senator from Kansas
• Brian Perkins
  Brian Perkins
  Brian Perkins is a senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4.All of Perkins' relatives are New Zealanders, although they refer to England as home...
  
  , anchor, newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - New Zealand
• Carl Perkins
  Carl Perkins
  Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
  
  , musician
• Carl Christopher Perkins, politician, Kentucky Representative
• Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984), politician, Kentucky Representative
• Charles A. Perkins
  Charles A. Perkins
  Charles Albert Perkins was an American lawyer and reformer who was New York County District Attorney in 1915. While with the District Attorney's office, Perkins prosecuted many of the city's gang leaders, labor racketeers and other underworld figures during the early 20th century...
  
  , American lawyer
• Charles Callahan Perkins
  Charles Callahan Perkins
  Charles Callahan Perkins was an art critic, author, organizer of cultural activities, and an influential friend of design and of music in Boston.-Biography:...
  
   (1823-1886), author
• Charles L. Perkins
  Charles L. Perkins
  Charles L. Perkins is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Virtual Rendezvous. He co-wrote a popular book on Java in October, 1995 , and created some Java class hierarchy diagrams ....
  
  , author
• Charles N. Perkins, Australian football and political figure
• Charles S. Perkins, American baseball player
• Cyril Perkins
  Cyril Perkins
  George Cyril Perkins is a former English cricketer. Perkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. On 4 June 2011, he became the 12th former first-class player to reach 100 years of age, and the 4th...
  
   (1911-), English cricketer
• Daryl Perkins
  Daryl Perkins
  -Biography:Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider.Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win the tandem sprint at the Australian National Track Championships. That qualified them to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo...
  
  , Australian track cyclist
• Don Perkins
  Don Perkins
  Donald Anthony Perkins is a former American football halfback who spent eight seasons with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.-Early years:...
  
  , football running-back - Dallas Cowboys
• Edward J. Perkins
  Edward J. Perkins
  Edward Joseph Perkins is a former American diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, and the United Nations 1992-1993. He was later Director of the US State Department's Diplomatic Corps....
  
  , U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
• Edwin Perkins
  Edwin Perkins
  Edwin Elijah Perkins , born in Lewis, Iowa, U.S., invented the powder drink mix Kool-Aid in 1927 in Hastings, Nebraska after his family had moved there from Iowa in 1893....
  
  , inventor of Kool-Aid
• Elisha Perkins
  Elisha Perkins
  Elisha Perkins was a United States physician who created his own therapy, Perkins Patent Tractors.-Biography:...
  
   (1741-1799), physician
• Elizabeth Perkins
  Elizabeth Perkins
  Elizabeth Ann Perkins is an American actress. Her film roles have included Big, The Flintstones, Miracle on 34th Street, About Last Night..., and Avalon...
  
  , actor
• Emily Perkins
  Emily Perkins
  Emily Jean Perkins is a Canadian actress, known best for her co-starring role as Brigitte Fitzgerald in the movie Ginger Snaps and its two sequels, Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning. Since the late 1980s she has appeared in various films and television series.-Life...
  
  , actor
• Emily Perkins
  Emily Perkins (novelist)
  Emily Perkins is a New Zealand author.Perkins first won attention in 1996 with her first collection of stories, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories...
  
  , novelist
• Emily Pitkin Perkins
  Emily Pitkin Perkins
  Emily Pitkin Baldwin, , was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Enoch Perkins and Hannah Pitkin. On 25 October 1820 she married Roger Sherman Baldwin, who became the Connecticut, Governor in 1844 and US Senator in 1847...
  
  , wife of Connecticut Governor & US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin
• Frances Perkins
  Frances Perkins
  Frances Perkins , born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition...
  
  , labor leader; U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Frank Perkins
  Frank Perkins
  Frank Perkins was a British engineer, businessman, creator of the Perkins Diesel Engine, and founder of Perkins Engines Company Limited.-Background and early life:...
  
   (1889-1967), founder of Perkins Engines
• Geoffrey Perkins
  Geoffrey Perkins
  Geoffrey Howard Perkins was a comedy producer, writer and performer, and an important figure in British comedy broadcasting. This was recognised in December 2008 when he was awarded with an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award...
  
   (1953-2008), comedy producer, writer, and performer - BBC
• George Perkins (disambiguation)
• Gil Perkins
  Gil Perkins
  Gil Perkins was an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:As a teenager, Perkins was a trackman and an athlete. He ran away from home at a young age and joined the crew of a Norwegian cargo ship as a deck hand.-Early career:In his early adult life, he left for Hollywood...
  
  , Australian film and television actor
• Jack Perkins
  Jack Perkins
  Jack Perkins is an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. He has been dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press....
  
  , actor, television host
• Jack Perkins (racing driver)
  Jack Perkins (racing driver)
  Jack 'Perko' Perkins is an Australian V8 Supercar driver for James Rosenberg Racing in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. He is the son of Australian motor racing legend Larry Perkins, in whose team Perkins Engineering, he drove between 2006 and 2008...
  
  , Australian racing driver
• Jacob Perkins
  Jacob Perkins
  Jacob Perkins was an Anglo-American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith...
  
   (1766-1849), inventor: bank-note engraving, engravings transfer, bathometer, pleometer
• John Perkins (disambiguation)
  John Perkins (disambiguation)
  John Perkins may refer to:*John Perkins Wales international rugby union player*John Perkins , American economist, activist and author*John Perkins , Australian politician...
  
  
• Henry Farnham Perkins (1877-1956), American zoologist and eugenicist
• Ian Perkins, American musician/guitarist
• Isabel Weld Perkins
  Isabel Weld Perkins
  Isabel Weld Perkins , mostly known as Isabel Anderson or Mrs. Larz Anderson after her marriage, was a Boston-area heiress and author who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. She is interred in the St...
  
  , socialite philanthropist
• Kendrick Perkins
  Kendrick Perkins
  Kendrick Perkins is an American professional basketball player who plays as a center for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA....
  
  , basketball player - Oklahoma City Thunder
• Kieren Perkins
  Kieren Perkins
  Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000....
  
  , Olympic gold medal swimmer
• Larry Perkins
  Larry Perkins
  Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...
  
  , Formula 1 race car driver
• Laurence Perkins
  Laurence Perkins
  Laurence Perkins is a British classical bassoonist. He studied under Charles Cracknell at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Since 1974, Perkins has been principal bassoonist of the Manchester Camerata. He has performed internationally in countries including France, Norway, Hong...
  
  , a British classical bassoonist
• Luther Perkins
  Luther Perkins
  Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music...
  
   (1928-1968), guitarist, including backing guitarist for Johnny Cash
• Ma Perkins
  Ma Perkins
  Ma Perkins is an American radio soap opera which was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. Between 1942 and 1949, the show was heard simultaneously on both networks...
  
  , fictional character, radio serial - 1933-to-1960
• Marlin Perkins
  Marlin Perkins
  Richard Marlin Perkins was a zoologist best known as a host of the television program Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985.-Biography:...
  
  , ecologist and naturalist
• Maxwell Perkins
  Maxwell Perkins
  William Maxwell Evarts Perkins , was the editor for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. He has been described as the most famous literary editor.-Career:...
  
  , editor for F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe
• Michael J. Perkins
  Michael J. Perkins
  Michael J. Perkins was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during the World War I.-Biography:...
  
  , American Medal of Honor recipient
• Millie Perkins
  Millie Perkins
  Millie Perkins is an American film and television actress.Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Millie grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Her father was a merchant marine captain...
  
  , actor
• Pinetop Perkins
  Pinetop Perkins
  Joseph William Perkins , known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music...
  
   (1913-2011), musician - blues pianist
• Ray Perkins (disambiguation)
• Sam Perkins
  Sam Perkins
  Samuel Perkins is a retired American professional basketball player, also known by the nicknames "Sleepy Sam" and "Big Smooth." He attended Samuel J. Tilden High School, Shaker High School and the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of Michael Jordan...
  
  , basketball player - Dallas Mavericks, LA Lakers
• Shane Perkins
  Shane Perkins
  -Biography:Perkins was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Daryl Perkins. As a youngster, Perkins played cricket, football and basketball. He played basketball at a very high level aged 7 to 14, but did not enjoy it enough to continue...
  
  , Australian track cyclist
• Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....
  
  , musician, drummer, and songwriter - Jane's Addiction
• Sue Perkins
  Sue Perkins
  Sue Perkins is an English comedienne, broadcaster, actress, and writer.-Education:Perkins was educated at Croham Hurst School, an independent school for girls in Croydon in South London, at the same time as the BBC Breakfast News presenter Susanna Reid...
  
  , television presenter, actress, and writer
• Tex Perkins
  Tex Perkins
  Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...
  
  , Australian singer-songwriter
• Thomas Handasyd Perkins
  Thomas Handasyd Perkins
  Colonel Thomas Handasyd Perkins, or T. H. Perkins was a wealthy Boston merchant and an archetypical Boston Brahmin. Starting with bequests from his grandfather and father-in-law, he amassed a huge fortune...
  
   (1764-1854), businessman, philanthropist
• Tom Perkins
  Tom Perkins
  Thomas James Perkins is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.-Biography:...
  
  , founder/principal venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
• Tony Perkins (evangelical Christian figure)
• Tony Perkins (television meteorologist)
  Tony Perkins (television meteorologist)
  Tony Perkins is an American weather broadcaster best known for his work on ABC's Good Morning America from 1999 to 2005. He currently is the weekday morning weatherman for WTTG in Washington, DC....
  
  
• Tracy Perkins, court martialed sergeant - U.S. Army - Iraq
• Troy Perkins
  Troy Perkins
  Troy Perkins is an American soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.-College and amateur:...
  
  , soccer player - Portland Timbers
  Portland Timbers
  Portland Timbers may refer to any of four distinct professional soccer teams:*Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer expansion team that began playing in 2011....
  
  
• William Perkins (Puritan) (1558-1602), preacher, Elizabethan puritan
• William T. Perkins, Jr.
  William T. Perkins, Jr.
  William Thomas Perkins, Jr. was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic action on October 12, 1967 during the Vietnam War in which he smothered an exploding grenade with his body to...
  
  , United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

First or middle name Perkins

• Perkins Bass
  Perkins Bass
  Perkins Bass was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. Representative from 1955-63.-Biography:...
  
  , politician - New Hampshire U.S. Congress representative
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform...
  
   (1860-1935), feminist writer
• George Perkins Marsh
  George Perkins Marsh
  George Perkins Marsh , an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist, although "conservationist" would be more accurate...
  
  , diplomat, philologist, and environmentalist
• Perkins, a character in the Harry Potter books

United States

Counties:

• Perkins County, Nebraska
  Perkins County, Nebraska
  -History:Perkins County was formed in 1887. It was named after Charles E. Perkins, the president of a railroad.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,200 people, 1,275 households, and 893 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There...
  
  
• Perkins County, South Dakota
  Perkins County, South Dakota
  As of the census of 2000, there were 3,363 people, 1,429 households, and 937 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.2 people per square mile . There were 1,854 housing units at an average density of 0.6 per square mile...
  
  

Townships:

• Perkins Township, Ohio (Erie County)
• Perkins Township, Maine (Sagadahoc County)

Towns:

• Perkins, Georgia
  Perkins, Georgia
  Perkins is an unincorporated community in Jenkins County, Georgia, United States. It lies a short distance east of U.S. Route 25 to the north of the city of Millen, the county seat of Jenkins County. Its elevation is 239 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the...
  
   (Jenkins County)
• Perkins, Iowa (Sioux County)
• Perkins, Missouri
  Perkins, Missouri
  Perkins is an unincorporated community in western Scott County, Missouri. It is located sixteen miles northwest of Sikeston....
  
   (Scott County)
• Perkins, Oklahoma
  Perkins, Oklahoma
  Perkins is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,272 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered here....
  
   (Payne County)

Companies

• Castlemaine Perkins
  Castlemaine Perkins
  Castlemaine Perkins is a brewery located in Milton, Brisbane, Australia. It is a wholly owned entity of the Japanese-controlled Lion Nathan company.-History:...
  
  , brewery - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, venture capital firm
• Perkins Bacon
  Perkins Bacon
  Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co was a printer of books, bank notes and postage stamps, most notable for printing the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamps, in 1840.- Origins :...
  
  , printed first Penny Black postage stamps - 1840
• Perkins Engines Company Limited, manufacturer of industrial diesel engines - Peterborough, UK
• Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
  Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
  Perkins Restaurant and Bakery is a North American casual dining restaurant chain which serves breakfast throughout the day, including pancakes. Perkins also has a bakery that sells pastries that are baked fresh daily.- History :...
  
  
• Travis Perkins
  Travis Perkins
  Travis Perkins plc is a British builders merchant based in Northampton. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
  
  , plc building materials - Northampton, United Kingdom

Schools

• Perkins School for the Blind
  Perkins School for the Blind
  Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, is the oldest schools for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind.-History:...
  
  , located in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• Perkins School of Theology
  Perkins School of Theology
  Perkins School of Theology is one of Southern Methodist University's three original schools. The theology school was renamed in 1945 to honor benefactors Joe J...
  
  , at Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
  
  , University Park, Texas
• Perkins School of Piano Tuning & Technology, Cleveland, Ohio (1962-1992)

Things

• Ships of the United States Navy:
  • USS Perkins (DD-26)
    USS Perkins (DD-26)
    USS Perkins was a modified in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Commodore George H. Perkins....
    
     (destroyer) 1910-1935
  • USS Perkins (DD-377)
    USS Perkins (DD-377)
    The second USS Perkins was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for George Hamilton Perkins....
    
     (destroyer) 1936-1943
  • USS Perkins (DD-877 - DDR-877)
    USS Perkins (DD-877)
    USS Perkins was a in the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for Commodore George H. Perkins USN ....
    
     (destroyer) 1945-1973
• Perkins Brailler
  Perkins Brailler
  The Perkins Brailler is a "braille typewriter" with a key corresponding to each of the six dots of the braille code, a space key, a backspace key, and a line space key. Like a manual typewriter, it has two side knobs to advance paper through the machine and a carriage return lever above the keys...
  
  , machine used to write braille
• Perkins Paste
  Perkins Paste
  Perkins Paste was an Australian brand of adhesive. Although not designed specifically for children, its quick drying, non-toxic formula made it safe for school use. The glue was sold commonly in small, 60-gram, fuchsia-coloured, cylindrical plastic tubs with white plastic lids that incorporated the...
  
  , Australian-made adhesive
• Federal Perkins Loan
  Federal Perkins Loan
  A Federal Perkins Loan, or Perkins Loan, is a need-based student loan offered by the U.S. Department of Education to assist American college students in funding their post-secondary education. The program is named after Carl D. Perkins, a former member of the U.S...
  
  - a need-based type of student loan of the United States Government