Boy · Greek, through Latin
Pierre
Say it: PYAIR
Meaning
From Greek petros 'stone', translating Aramaic kepha.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the most-used French names since the Middle Ages.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1980s
In the United States
- 18,269 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1986, about 1 in 3,900 boys
- 175 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Peter |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Pieter |
| Italian | Pietro |
Famous bearers
- Pierre Curie
- Pierre de Ronsard, poet
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Where this comes from
- The Paris tax rolls of the 1290s
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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