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