Name
PIERRE

Name PIERRE

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 937,882 births of Pierre in the countries below, which represents an average of 6,605 births of children bearing the first name Pierre per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 746 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Pierre   
In Italiano Nome Pierre   
Available variants : Pierré , Piérre


Information about the first name Pierre

We celebrate Pierre on June 29th
The first name Pierre is listed in our categories :The first name Pierre has been assigned to:
99.90% to boys
0.10% to girls
The country where the first name Pierre is the most common is:
FR France
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 6 letters including 3 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Pierre

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Pierre : Perrie

Pierre in Japanese *

Romajipieeru
Katakanaピエール
Hiraganaぴえーる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Pierre in Japanese
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Pierre in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Pierre

US English
Pronunciation src :
  • For the men's name
  • (General American) IPA(key): /piˈɛɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)For the capital of South Dakota
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɪɹ/, [pʰi(ə)ɹ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: pier
Proper noun src :
  • Pierre
  • A male given name from French, of occasional usage, equivalent to English Peter.
  • The capital city of South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Hughes County.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Fort Pierre
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Middle French pierre, Old French pierre, from Latin petra, a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Old French
Etymology src :
  • From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
FR French
Anagrams src :
  • prière
Noun src :
  • pierre f (plural pierres)
  • (uncountable) stone (substance)
  • stone (rock, a pebble)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /pjɛʁ/
  • Rhymes: -jɛʁ
Old French
Alternative forms src :
Noun src :
  • pierre f (oblique plural pierres, nominative singular pierre, nominative plural pierres)
  • stone (substance)
FR French
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Haitian Creole: pyè
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • attacher Pierre avec Paul
  • déshabiller Pierre pour habiller Paul
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
Old French
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Middle French: pierreFrench: pierre
  • Walloon: pire
General
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pierre (“stone, rock”)).
Proper noun src :
  • Pierre m
  • Peter (biblical character)
  • Matthieu 16:18:
  • a male given name traditionally popular in France
  • 1862 Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Vol.1, Book 4:1, translation 1887 by Isabel F. Hapgood:
  • a surname originating as a patronymic
HU Hungarian
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈpijɛr]
  • Hyphenation: Pi‧erre
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
Proper noun src :
  • Pierre
  • Pierre
Middle French
Etymology src :
  • From Old French pierre.
Noun src :
  • pierre f (plural pierres)
  • stone
Proper noun src :
  • Pierre
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • French: pierre
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French Pierre.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Pierre.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Pierre m
  • a male given name from French, equivalent to English Pierre
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Pierre f
  • Pierre (a city, the state capital of South Dakota, United States)
SE Swedish
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -æːr
Proper noun src :
  • Pierre c (genitive Pierres)
  • a male given name borrowed from French
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From the pronunciation of PR.
Anagrams src :
  • perire, reperì
Noun src :
  • pierre m or f by sense (invariable)
  • person who works in public relations
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /piˈɛr.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrre
  • Hyphenation: pi‧èr‧re
FI Finnish
Verb src :
  • pierre
  • present active potential connegative of pierrä
 

Popularity of the name Pierre

Number of PIERRE births per year

Popularity of the name Pierre
Popularity of the name Pierre

Total births of Pierre by country

Births with the first name Pierre
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
892,423
919
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
13,951
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
12,919
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
6,140
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
3,472
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
2,694
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
2,481
16
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
853
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
537
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
335
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
198
2
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
144
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
134
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
125
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
110
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
97
3
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
94
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
91
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
49
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
42
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
24
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
18
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
10
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Pierre

Total births of Pierre by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Pierre
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
2022
353
0
DEGermany
2022
180
0
USUnited State of America
2022
125
0
BEBelgium
2022
17
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
14
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
12
0
ONOntario
2019
9
0
QCQuebec
2022
9
0
SESweden
2022
8
0
ITItaly
2021
6
0
ATAustria
2021
4
0
CLChili
2021
4
0
ARArgentina
2015
2
0
ABAlberta
2022
2
0
DKDenmark
2022
1
0

Comments on the name Pierre

Personalities with the first name Pierre

There are 1342 personalities with the first name Pierre

Charles Baudelaire (Charles-Pierre Baudelaire) src

France
Writer Poet Translator Author Art critic Literary critic Essayist

Pierre Curie src

France
Physicist Chemist University teacher Nuclear physicist

Pierre-Simon De Laplace src

France
Astronomer Politician Physicist Mathematician University teacher Statistician Philosopher Theoretical physicist

Pierre De Fermat src

France
Judge Lawyer Mathematician

Auguste Renoir src

France
Illustrator Painter Sculptor Printmaker

Pierre De Coubertin (Pierre Fredy De Coubertin) src

France
Writer Teacher Politician Historian Pedagogue Rugby union match official Sports official

Pierre Abélard src

Kingdom of france France
Writer Composer Poet Theologian Religious Philosopher Logician Autobiographer Linguist

Pierre Corneille src

Kingdom of france
Writer Poet Playwright Translator Poet lawyer

Pierre-Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais src

France
Businessperson Poet Diplomat Playwright Publisher Opinion journalist Author Musician Financier

Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau) src

Canada
Judge Lawyer Journalist Politician Memoirist Diarist


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Pierre
Full list of personalities with the first name Pierre

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Pierre

There are 2427 actors and actresses with the first name Pierre
Pierre Derenne
Pierre Niney
Pierre Lottin
Pierre Kreitmann
Pierre Boulanger
Pierre Olivier
Pierre Bittencourt
Pierre Perrier
Pierre Moure
Pierre Baitelli
Pierre Wilén
Pierre Chatagny
Pierre Fitch
Pierre Puget
Pierre Rieu
Pierre Bouvier
Pierre Deladonchamps
Pierre Poucet
Pierre Lucat
Pierre René Müller
Pierre Kiwitt
Pierre Toresson
Pierre M. Krause
Pierre Heinemann
Pierre D.J.
Pierre Jarnbrink
Pierre André
Pierre Png
Pierre Geisensetter
Pierre Palmade

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Pierre
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Pierre

Rankings of first name PIERRE by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#193FR France2022
#318DE Germany2022
#470QC Quebec2022
#588BE Belgium2022
#638CH Switzerland2021
#664SE Sweden2022
#853CL Chili2021
#871AT Austria2021
#877AR Argentina2015
#973ON Ontario2019
#1166US United State of America2022
#1231IT Italy2021
#1748GB United Kingdom2021
#1823AB Alberta2022
#2232DK Denmark2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name PIERRE (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Pierre
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Other girls' names around Pierre
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