Pere Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Anyone researching Pere should also look under Pierre. Read literally, Pere points to “Rock, stone (Peter)”. Pere is listed among the recognised spellings of Pierre. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Pere with 616 bearers, at rank 36,337. 36% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. Between 1891 and 2000, 3,960 babies born in France were registered as Pere, with the most births in 1951–1960. Births ran at 200 in 1891–1900 and 329 in 1991–2000.

Arms linked to Pierre and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Pere surname pack.