Given name & surname
Pierrette
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Pierrette is a diminutive of Pierre. In French use, Pierre carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pierrette is a diminutive of Pierre. In French use, Pierre carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Pierrette is a feminine form of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Pierrette is used as a feminine counterpart of Pierre.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pierrette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 240
- 0 boys · 240 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 786 as a first name in 2020; 131 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pierrette’s family of names
Pierrette is a diminutive of Pierre. Pierrette is a feminine form of Peter. In French usage, Pierrette has a conventional equivalent in the German form Petra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pierrette has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pierrette
- Pierrette Alarieopera singer (1921-2011)
- Pierrette BlochSwiss artist (1928-2017)
- Pierrette Herzberger-FofanaGerman politicianborn 1949
- Pierrette FleutiauxFrench writer (1941-2019)
- Pierrette AdamsCongolese singerborn 1962
- Pierrette CaillolFrench actress (1898–1991)
- Pierrette MariFrench composerborn 1929
- Pierrette FavargerSwiss ceramicist and sculptor (1924–2015)
- Pierrette DameFrench archer1936–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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