Perica is a Croat

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 and Serb

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 male given name; it is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar, translating to Pete and Peter in English, respectively.

In Croatian and Serbian popular culture Perica often portrays a stereotype of an innocent or mischievous young boy with a very straightforward way of thinking. An example is Perica Šafranek in the 1970 classic Croatian

Cinema of Croatia

The cinema of Croatia has a somewhat shorter tradition than what is common for other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1940s...

 (then Yugoslav

Cinema of Yugoslavia

-SFR Yugoslavia:The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry.Prominent male actors included Danilo Bata Stojković, Ljuba Tadić, Bekim Fehmiu, Fabijan Šovagović, Mustafa Nadarević, Bata Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Ljubiša Samardžić, Dragan Nikolić and...

) comedy film Tko pjeva zlo ne misli

Tko pjeva zlo ne misli

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away is a 1970 Croatian film. Its original title is Tko pjeva zlo ne misli, which means "He Who Sings Means No Harm"...

. He is common in jokes and is similar to Little Johnny

Little Johnny

Little Johnny jokes are about a small boy who likes to ask embarrassing questions and has a very straightforward thinking. At times he is well educated in the terminology of sex, while at others he is all too innocent...

 in English.

Given name

• Perica Bukić
  Perica Bukic
  Perica Bukić is a Croatian water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the team won the golden medal....
  
  , Croatian water polo player and politician
• Perica Marošević
  Perica Marošević
  Perica "Peri" Marošević is a Bosnian-born American soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.-Early life:...
  
  , American Major League Soccer player
• Perica Ognjenović
  Perica Ognjenovic
  Perica Ognjenović , is a Serbian footballer mainly as a forward....
  
  , Serbian soccer player
• Perica Radić
  Perica Radic
  Perica Radić is a Serbian football player, he plays the position of goalkeeper for the French team AS Cannes.- Career :...
  
  , Serbian soccer player
• Perica Stančeski
  Perica Stanceski
  Perica Stančeski is a Serbian-born Macedonian football player who currently plays for FK Željezničar Sarajevo in Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
  
  , Macedonian soccer player
• Perica Vlašić
  Perica Vlašić
  Perica Vlašić was a Croatian rower who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics and at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Croatian rower

Surname

• Rose Perica Mofford
  Rose Perica Mofford
  Rose Perica Mofford is a retired American civil servant and politician. Beginning her career with the State of Arizona as an office secretary, she worked her way up through the ranks to become the state's first female Secretary of State and first female and 18th Governor of Arizona.-Early...
  
   (maiden name of Perica that was kept as middle name), governor of Arizona from 1988 to 1991
• Vjekoslav Perica
  Vjekoslav Perica
  Vjekoslav Perica is a Croatian historian, journalist and writer who specializes in the modern history of religions in the former Yugoslavia....
  
  , Croatian writer and academic
• Zlatko Perica
  Zlatko Perica
  Zlatko Perica is a guitarist.He has played for the German group Tangerine Dream, but in 1994 recorded his last studio album with the band, and in 1997 he would appear on his last live album with them...
  
  , guitarist
• Adrian Perica, executive at Goldman Sachs and Apple, US Army officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy
• Petar Perica
  Petar Perica
  Father Petar Perica was a Croatian Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuits, and the author of the Catholic hymns Zdravo Djevo and Do nebesa nek se ori....
  
  , Croatian Catholic priest