Perl (given name)
Perl 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, a United States House Representative from Missouri
- Perl Karpovskaya, birth name of Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician, best known as the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov