Pierre Family History
Pierre Name Meaning
French Walloon West Indian (mainly Haiti) and Mauritian:: from the personal name Pierre French form of Peter (see also below). This is one of the most frequent surnames in Haiti (along with Jean and Joseph ) and in Saint Martin. It is also established elsewhere in the West Indies (e.g. in Trinidad and Tobago Saint Lucia Grenada and Bahamas). from Old French pierre ‘stone rock’ (from Latin petra a word which is also the origin of the personal name Pierre; see Peter ). It may be a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a patch of stony soil or by a large outcrop of rock or a metonymic occupational name for a quarryman or stonemason. Compare Lapierre .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022