Meaning: | the rock, the stone | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Pierre in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | French |
Diminutives: | Pierrick |
Topics: | Asteroid 1392 Pierre, discovered 1936, diameter 26.44 km, period 18 years, Phonetic alphabet FR |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Pierce, Cierra, Ferre, Kierra, Perce, Perry, Petre, Piera, Piero, Pierrine Details |
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Group info: About Peter/Petra, the group of names with the same origin as Pierre | Meaning/translation: | the rock, the stone |
Language of origin: | Old Greek |
Info about origin, male: | known from Saint Peter, the apostle |
| before he was given the name Peter (or, more exactly, Aramaic Cephas) by Jesus he was known as Simon |
Words: | petros = the stone, the rock Old Greek |
| cephas = the stone Aramaic |
Topics: | 12 Apostles, New Testament |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Peter Germany 2005, 1:Piotr Poland 2012, 2:Per Norway 2015, 2:Petra Croatia 2009, 3:Pierre France 2011, 3:Petr Czechia 2015, 4:Pedro Brazil 2015, 4:Petar Croatia 2022, 5:Péter Hungary 2003, 5:Penka Bulgaria 2011 |
Old/original forms: | Petros Old Greek, Petrus Latin |
Name variants: | Penka, Perrine, Petra, Petya, Piera, Pierina, Pierrette, Pierrine, Pietra, Piotra, Peder, Pedro, Peer, Peetu, Peider, Pekka, Pelle, Per, Pero, Petar, Pete, Peter, Péter, Petr, Petre, Petri, Petru, Petter, Petteri, Pétur, Pierce, Piero, Pierre, Pierrick, Piers, Pietari, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Pit, Pitt, Pjeter, Pjetur, Pjotr Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Pierre | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Belgium prevalence | | 2013 10 |
France | Graph | 2016 95, 2015 91, 2014 76, 2013 70, 2012 67, 2011 63, 2010 58, 2009 55, 2008 49, 2007 35, 2006 41, 2005 33, 2004 31, 2003 32, 2002 27, 2001 23, 2000 18, 1999 18, 1998 19, 1997 18 |
France prevalence | | 2011 3 |
France/Paris | Graph | 2019 90, 2018 85, 2017 74, 2016 93, 2015 77 |
Switzerland | | 1997 245 |
USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 732, 1980-1989 443 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2013 972, 2011 986, 2010 949, 2008 978, 2006 996, 2003 934, 2002 946, 2001 964, 2000 925, 1999 926, 1998 801, 1997 799, 1996 849, 1995 843, 1994 736, 1993 653 |
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