Perl (given name)
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Perl (פּערל) is a Yiddish feminine given name. Diminutive: Perele/Pereleh. The corresponding Hebrew names are Pnina and Margalit. The name gave rise to the Jewish matronymic surname Perlin.
Notable people with the name include:
- Perl D. Decker (1875–1934), a United States House Representative from Missouri
- Perl Karpovskaya (1897–1970), birth name of Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician, best known as the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov