What does Pierre mean?

Definitions for Pierre
pɪərpierre

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pierre, capital of South Dakotanoun

    capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river

Wiktionary

  1. Pierrenoun

    occasionally borrowed from French, cognate to Peter.

  2. Pierrenoun

    The capital of South Dakota.

Wikipedia

  1. 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.

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  1. pierre

    Pierre is a French masculine given name, equivalent to the English "Peter", which means "rock" or "stone". It is also commonly used in French to refer to a stone. It is occasionally used as a surname as well. Common variations of the name Pierre include Pierrot, Pierrette, and Pier.

Wikidata

  1. Pierre

    Pierre is the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. The population was 13,646 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont. Founded in 1880 on the Missouri River opposite Fort Pierre, Pierre has been the capital since South Dakota gained statehood on November 2, 1889, having been chosen for its location in the geographic center of the state. Fort Pierre itself was named after Pierre Chouteau, Jr., an American fur trader of French origin. Pierre is the principal city of the Pierre Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hughes and Stanley counties.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PIERRE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pierre is ranked #1026 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pierre surname appeared 33,913 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 12 would have the surname Pierre.

    86.7% or 29,416 total occurrences were Black.
    7% or 2,391 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 933 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.2% or 756 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 312 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 105 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pierre in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pierre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Pierre in a Sentence

  1. South Africa:

    We were unaware of negotiations for the release of Pierre Korkie and we were also not aware that Pierre Korkie was being held in the same space as Luke Somers.

  2. Mathias Pierre:

    Anyone running for office, including Mathias Pierre, knows that we will face danger, and we are conscious of the danger of trying to make major changes in the country.

  3. Leonard Ngendakumana:

    The next (step) is to organize ourselves just to resist, to make Pierre Nkurunziza understand that he must leave and then that we are prepared to do it by force, by organizing a military force.

  4. Ronald Reagan:

    Damn it, Pierre, what do you want me to do We'll go sit with empty chairs to get those guys back to the table. (To Pierre Trudeau, prime minister of Canada)

  5. Irving Layton:

    In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.

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