Meaning & Origin
A male given name from French, of occasional usage, equivalent to English Peter.
Pierre is a boy's and girl's baby name of French origin, the French form of Peter, from Greek Petros, meaning 'rock, stone' — the name Jesus gave to his disciple Simon in the Gospels.
Pierre carries effortless French sophistication — it's a name at home on the Champs-Élysées or in a Bordeaux château. French-Canadians have used it for generations, and it appears in American literature through Tolstoy's Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace. Fashion designer Pierre Cardin and physicist Pierre Curie (Marie's husband) add further layers of creative and intellectual distinction.