Lapierre Family History
Lapierre Name Meaning
French Walloon and Flemish:: topographic name with fused French feminine definite article la for someone who lived on a patch of stony soil or by a large outcrop of rock from Old French pierre ‘stone rock’ (compare Pierre ); or a habitational name from any of various places called Lapierre or La Pierre in France and Belgium (Wallonia) with the same meaning. from French la pierre ‘the stone’ used as a nickname (often for a person named Pierre; see Pierre ) or soldier's name and probably also as a metonymic occupational name for a quarryman or stone carver. Compare Lapeer Lapier and Stone
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022