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").
| Pronunciation | French: [ˈpjɛʁ] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | French |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "Stone" |
| Other names | |
| See also | Peter, Pedro, Boutros |
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Persons with the given name
- Pierre Affre (1590-1669), a French sculptor
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a professional footballer who plays for the English club Arsenal and the Gabon national football team
- Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg, a Danish professional footballer who plays for the English club Southampton
- Pi'erre Bourne, an American record producer, rapper, songwriter, and audio engineer.
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first self-proclaimed anarchist and is regarded by some as the founder of modern anarchist theory
- Pierre Bézier, an engineer and mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves
- Pierre Bourgault, a public speaker, journalist and politician famed for his work for Quebec independence from Canada
- Pierre Boulez, a French classical and electronic composer
- Pierre Bouvier, a French-Canadian musician and lead singer of Simple Plan
- Pierre Brice, a French actor
- Pierre Caille (disambiguation)
- Pierre Capretz, a host of French in Action
- Pierre Cardin, a French fashion designer
- Pierre Cathala (1888-1947), the French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944
- Pierre Chambrin, a White House Executive Chef
- Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (1789 –1865), an American fur trader who established the trading post of Fort Pierre (South Dakota) in 1832
- Pierre Clostermann, a French pilot who fought in World War II for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
- Pierre Corréia, a French rugby union player
- Pierre Conner, American mathematician
- Pierre Courthion (1902-1988), Swiss art critic and historian
- Pierre Curie, a French physicist and husband of Marie Curie
- Pierre Dagher, a Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Pierre Darmon (born in 1934), a French tennis player
- Pierre David Guetta, a French DJ, record producer and songwriter
- Pierre de Fermat, a French lawyer and mathematician
- Pierre Deladonchamps, a French actor
- Pierre Deland, a Swedish actor and director
- Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt, a French scholar
- Pierre Deligne, a Belgian mathematician
- Pierre Dolbeault, a French mathematician
- Pierre Fourier, a Catholic saint and French priest
- Pierre Franckh, a German actor
- Pierre Garçon, a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins
- Pierre Gasly, an F1 driver who drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula 1 team
- Pierre Gaspard (1834–1915), a French mountain climber and guide
- Pierre Gaspard, a Belgian physicist and professor
- Pierre Gemayel, a politician and founder of the Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon
- Pierre Gagnaire, a French chef
- Pierre Harmel (1911–2009), a former Belgian Prime Minister
- Pierre Henry, a French musician
- Pierre Hermans, a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- Pierre van Hooijdonk, a Dutch footballer
- Pierre Jallow, a Gambian basketball player
- Pierre Jeanpierre, a French soldier
- Pierre Yves Kéralum (1817–1872), French-American priest and architect
- Pierre Lavertu, a Canadian football player
- Pierre Levasseur (disambiguation)
- Pierre Littbarski, a German footballer
- Pierre Marchand (editor), a French publisher
- Pierre Menard, the love of Shannon Corrigan Life
- Pierre Morel, a French film director
- Pierre Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi
- Pierre Papillaud (born c. 1936), a French billionaire businessman.
- Pierre Pilote, an ice hockey player
- Pierre Pincemaille, a French musician
- Pierre Poilievre, a Canadian federal MP for the riding of Nepean-Carleton
- Pierre-Loup Rajot, a French actor and director
- Pierre Roger (swimmer), a French swimmer
- Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to US President John F. Kennedy
- Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, a German actor and director
- Pierre Schaeffer, a French experimental musician
- Pierre Schapira (mathematician), a French mathematician
- Pierre Shammassian, a Lebanese-Armenian comedian
- Pierre Sokolsky, an American physicist
- Pierre Sprey, a French-American aircraft designer
- Pierre Taki, a Japanese musician
- Pierre Tendean a revolution hero from Indonesia
- Pierre Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Pierre Thomas (scholar) (1634–1698), a French scholar and author
- Pierre Thomas (journalist), an American journalist
- Pierre Thomas (American football) (born 1984), an American football player
- Pierre Trudeau, a former Canadian Prime Minister
- Pierre Turgeon, a Québécois NHL Hall of Famer
- Pierre Warren, an American football player
- Abbé Pierre, a French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement
- Pierre de Coubertin, a founder of the modern Olympic Games
- Pierre van Maldere, a South Dutch composer
- Monsieur Pierre, a ballroom dancer
Surname
- Aaron Pierre (born 1993), a footballer
- DBC Pierre (penname), a Mexican writer
- Georges St-Pierre (born 1981), a Canadian MMA fighter and former UFC Welterweight champion
- Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833-1905), a French botanist
- John Wallace Pierre, an American engineer
- Juan Pierre (born 1977), an American baseball player
- Percy A. Pierre (born 1939), an American electrical engineer and mathematician
- Perri Pierre (born 1988), a Haitian-American actor and film producer
- Raymond Pierre, an American track and field athlete
- Robert Pierre (musician), a Christian recording artist
- Roger Pierre (1923–2010), a French actor
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
Other
- Pierre, South Dakota, the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota
- Pierre, a Chrono Cross playable character
- Pierre, a character in JumpStart
- Pierre: or, The Ambiguities, a novel by Herman Melville
- Carl Ouellet, a Canadian professional wrestler - his ring names included Pierre
- Pierre Poutine, an alias used in an attempt to hide certain parties involved in the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal
- Pierre, a 1962 children's book by Maurice Sendak
See also
- Lucky Pierre (disambiguation)
- Saint-Pierre (disambiguation)
- Jean-Pierre (given name)
- Pierre-Simon
References
- "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pierre". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
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