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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Middle English: Small rock
  2. Latin: Rock, stone

First name variations: Pierrey, Parry, Perianne, Perian, Perin, Perry, Pete, Petey, Pietor, Pytor, Petr, Pieter, Piotr, Pietro, Pedro, Pierre, Piers, Pierce, Peer, Pero, Piero, Peder, Per, Pelle, Peadair, Petrus, Peterson, Perkin, Perkins, Parnell, Parle, Parkin, Parkinson, Petrie, Petri, Petronio, Pierson, Péter, Petò, Petúr, Pyotr, Peter

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English and French: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Perrin, a pet form of French Pierre (see Peter).
  2. A Perrin from Brittany is documented in Montreal in 1661. Secondary surnames associated with Perrin are Garao, Duteau, and Languedoc.