Pierre
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French. It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Pierre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French. It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname.
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The Story of Pierre
Pierre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 13 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 475 Pierres were born — ranking #414 that year. As of 2026, Pierre ranks #1,257 for baby boys with 159 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 19K Pierres have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Pierre
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- Monsieur Pierre , Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher
- Pierre (footballer, born 1982) , Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- Pierre (footballer, born 2002) , Pierre Wagner Oliveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453)
- Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919)
- Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue
- Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco
- Pierre Affre (1590–1669), French sculptor
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Names that sound like Pierre
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About the name Pierre
Pierre is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Pierre's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #389. Use the chart and map above to compare Pierre's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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