Pere

See also: pere, pére, père, pêre, Père, and Péré

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from French Péré, a habitational surname.
• Borrowed from Catalan Pere, a personal name equivalent of Peter.
• Borrowed from Hungarian Pere.

Proper noun

Pere (plural Peres)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pere is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Pere is most common among White (53.41%) and Hispanic/Latino (35.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pere”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan Pere, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros). Compare Occitan Pèire, French Pierre, Spanish Pedro.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɾe/
• Rhymes: -eɾe

Proper noun

Pere m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Derived terms

• diner de Sant Pere
• Peret

References

• “Pere” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Occitan [Term?].

Proper noun

Pere ?

1. a surname from Occitan

References

Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 208

Old French

Etymology

See pere (“father”).

Proper noun

le Pere m (nominative singular Pere)

1. (Christianity) God

Saterland Frisian

n Pere.

Etymology

From Old Frisian *pere, from Proto-West Germanic *peru. Cognates include West Frisian par and German Birne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːrə/
• Hyphenation: Pe‧re
• Rhymes: -eːrə

Noun

Pere f (plural Peren)

1. pear

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Pere”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN