Pierre

Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname.

As a nickname, "Pierre" can be shortened to "Pierrot" ('Little Pierre'; name of a famous pantomime character) or "Pier" ('Pete').

People with the given name

Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher
Pierre (footballer, born 1982), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
Pierre (footballer, born 2002), Pierre Wagner Oliveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453)
Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919)
Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue
Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco
Pierre Affre (1590–1669), French sculptor
Pierre Agostini, French physicist
Pierre Alarie, Canadian ambassador
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (born 1989), professional footballer who plays for the English club Chelsea and the Gabon national football team
Pierre Audi (1957–2025), French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director
Pierre Barbe (1900–2004), French architect
Pierre Bézier, engineer and mathematician known for his work with Bézier curves
Pierre Blaise (1955–1975), French film actor
Pierre Bordier (born 1945), French politician
Pierre Boulez (1925–2016), French classical and electronic composer
Pierre Boulle (1912–1994), French author
Pierre Bourgault, public speaker, journalist and politician famed for his work for Quebec independence from Canada
Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer, rapper, songwriter, and audio engineer.
Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician and lead singer of Simple Plan
Pierre Brice, French actor
Pierre Caille (disambiguation), several people
Pierre Capretz, host of French in Action
Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
Pierre Cathala (1888–1947), French Minister of Finance from 1942 to 1944
Pierre Chambrin, White House Executive Chef
Pierre Champoux (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey official
Pierre Chouteau, Jr., (1789–1865), American fur trader who established the trading post of Fort Pierre (South Dakota) in 1832
Pierre Clostermann, French pilot who fought in World War II for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
Pierre Coffin, animator known for the Minions franchise
Pierre Conner, American mathematician
Pierre Corneille, (1606–1684) French playwright known for Le Cid
Pierre Corréia, French rugby union player
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games
Pierre Courthion (1902–1988), Swiss art critic and historian
Pierre Curie, French physicist and husband of Marie Curie
Pierre Dagher, Lebanese actor and voice actor
Pierre Darmon (born in 1934), French tennis player
Pierre Daru (1767–1829), French soldier, statesman, historian, and poet
Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician
Pierre Deladonchamps, French actor
Pierre Deland, Swedish actor and director
Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt, French scholar
Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician
Pierre Dolbeault, French mathematician
Pierre Engvall, Swedish ice hockey forward
Pierre Fourier, Catholic saint and French priest
Pierre Franckh, German actor
Pierre Gagnaire, French chef
Pierre Gagnier, Canadian politician
Pierre Garçon, American football player
Pierre Gasly, racing driver currently driving for Alpine F1 Team in Formula One
Pierre Gaspard (1834–1915), French mountain climber and guide
Pierre Gaspard, Belgian physicist and professor
Pierre Gemayel, politician and founder of the Al-Kataeb party in Lebanon
Pierre Godin (born 1947), Canadian politician
Pierre David Guetta, French DJ, record producer and songwriter
Pierre Harmel (1911–2009), former Belgian Prime Minister
Pierre Henry, French musician
Pierre Hermans, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg, Danish professional footballer
Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
Pierre Jallow, Gambian basketball player
Pierre Jeanpierre, French soldier
Pierre Yves Kéralum (1817–1872), French-American priest and architect
Pierre Laporte (1921–1970), Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
Pierre Lavertu, Canadian football player
Pierre Le Faguays (1892–1962), French sculptor
Pierre Levasseur (disambiguation), several people
Pierre Littbarski, German footballer
Pierre van Maldere, South Dutch composer
Pierre Marchand (editor), French publisher
Pierre Menard, American fur trader and politician
Pierre Morel, French film director
Pierre Moullier (born 2000), English actor
Pierre Claver Nahimana, Burundian politician
Pierre Novellie, South African-born comedian and writer
Pierre Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi
Pierre Papillaud (1935–2017), French billionaire businessman
Pierre Pilote, ice hockey player
Pierre Pincemaille, French musician
Pierre Poilievre (born 1979), Canadian member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first self-proclaimed anarchist and is regarded by some as the founder of modern anarchist theory
Pierre-Loup Rajot, French actor and director
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist artist
Pierre Reverdy, French poet
Pierre Roger (swimmer), French swimmer
Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to US President John F. Kennedy
Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, German actor and director
Pierre Schaeffer, French experimental musician
Pierre Schapira (mathematician), French mathematician
Pierre Sergeol (1902–1975), French actor
Pierre Shammassian, Lebanese-Armenian comedian
Pierre Sinaÿ, French organic chemist
Pierre Sokolsky, American physicist
Pierre Sprey, French-American aircraft designer
Pierre Strong Jr. (born 1998), American football player
Pierre Taki, Japanese musician
Pierre Tardi (1897–1972), French scientist
Pierre Tendean revolution hero from Indonesia
Pierre Thomas (disambiguation), several people
Pierre Trudeau, former Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Turgeon, Québécois NHL Hall of Famer
Pierre Vatin (born 1967), French politician
Pierre Vogel (born 1978), German Islamist Preacher
Pierre Warren, American football player

People with the surname

Aaron Pierre (born 1993), footballer
Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement
Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Canadian film director and screenwriter
Christophe Pierre (born 1946), Catholic prelate and diplomat
DBC Pierre (penname), Mexican writer
Eliott Pierre (born 2001), French para-cyclist
Georges St-Pierre (born 1981), Canadian MMA fighter and former UFC Welterweight champion
James Pierre (born 1996), American football player
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), French botanist
John Wallace Pierre, American engineer
Juan Pierre (born 1977), American baseball player
Percy A. Pierre (born 1939), American electrical engineer and mathematician
Perri Pierre (born 1988), Haitian-American actor and film producer
Raymond Pierre (born 1967), American track and field athlete
Robert Pierre (born 1992), Christian recording artist
Roger Pierre (1923–2010), French actor
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Haitian-American activist and attorney
Sydney Pierre, Mauritian politician

Aliases

Nickname for Trần Văn Nhung (1933–2020), Vietnamese footballer who played for the South Vietnam national team
Pierre Carl Ouellet, former ring name of Canadian wrestler Carl Ouellet (born 1967)
Pierre Poutine, an alias used in an attempt to hide certain parties involved in the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal

Fictional characters

Pierre, a Chrono Cross playable character
Pierre, a character in JumpStart
Pierre, in the 2016 film A Wedding
Pierre, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
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
Pierre Belmondo, a Wipeout character responsible for the birth of anti-gravity racing
Dominique Pierre, in the Netflix series Grand Army
Pierrot, pantomime and commedia dell'arte character
Pierre, the bird of France Hetalia

People with the given name

People with the surname

Aliases

Fictional characters

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