Pierre
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning stone or rock; French form of Peter.
Pierre by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Pierre. In the US, 155 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 475 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
Other names that come from Peter
Like Pierre, each of these traces back to Peter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Piersonson of Peter; son of the rock129 in the US (2017)
- Pearsonson of Peter; patronymic surname61 in the US (2017)
- Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
- Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 in the US (2017)
- Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrvariant of Peter; rock or stone5 in the US (2017)
- Pyotrstone or rock; Russian form of Peter3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names that come from Pierre
Forms of Pierre in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean 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 Pierre. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pierceto pierce; a form of Piers559 in the US (2017)
- Perrydweller by the pear tree or ferry239 in the US (2017)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pierostone; rock; a form of peter18 in the US (2017)
- Piersstone or rock; form of peter7 in the US (2017)
- Piercen10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Pierre, 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 Pierre
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