Perrin
A boys’ name of French origin, meaning little stone; a form of Pierre.
Perrin by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Perrin. In the US, 55 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Pierre
Like Perrin, each of these traces back to Pierre: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Perrin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Perrin, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Perrin
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