Pierre

Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter.[1] Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word "petra" meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra").

Pierre
PronunciationFrench: [ˈpjɛʁ]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)French
Origin
Meaning"Stone"
Other names
See alsoPeter, Pedro, Boutros

Persons with the given name

Surname

Fictional characters

Given name
  • Pierre Bezukhov, a central character in the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • Pierre Escargot, a French teacher from the tv show All That, played by Kenan Thompson. The name can be translated as "stone snail".
  • Pierre Belmondo, a Wipeout character responsible for the birth of anti-gravity racing
  • Pierre, in the 2016 film A Wedding
Surname
  • Dominique Pierre, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army

Other

See also

References

  1. "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pierre". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
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