The Petitperrin Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Petitperrin began as a French family name.

What does the surname Petitperrin mean?

In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant of short, little Pierre (rock)”. French civil records give 261 births under the name Petitperrin from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Where is the Petitperrin surname found?

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

Does every Petitperrin family have a crest?

If a Petitperrin family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Get the complete Petitperrin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.