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Around the globe, Pierrot (Pierrot , Пьеро , פיירו ) is quite a common masculine first name. The given name Pierrot is habitual in the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Madagascar, and Luxembourg. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Madagascar, France, and Cameroon. Likewise, Pierrot is the last name as well as the forename.
Pierrot is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pierrot , the stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte, The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino; Pierrot , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper; Pierrot Van den Bossche , character in Familie; Pierrot , the musical character in the musical I'll Say She Is by Tom Johnstone and Pierrot Joyal , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Larose, Pierrot et la Luce », among other works.