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What does Pierce mean?
Pierce 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced peerz. It is of English and Greek origin, and the meaning of Pierce is "rock". Variant of Piers from Peter. Actor Pierce Brosnan.
STARTS WITH Pi-
Variations
VARIANTS Pearce, Pears, Pearson, Pearsson, Peerce, Peirce, Piers, Pierson, Piersson
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA PETER Per, Pete▼, Petre, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Pierce Jaidyn (P.J.), ..
How popular is Pierce?
Pierce is an unusual first name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#186 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Pierce reached its top rank of #462 in the U.S. in 2013, and is presently at #491. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Pearson, Per, Pete, Peter (#211 A YEAR AGO), Pierre (#1050), Pierson (#1150) and Pietro are the prominent alternative forms of Pierce (#491) listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Pierce reached the peak of their popularity during 1950-1959 (MEDIAN #1292) and have become significantly less common since (#1362, 72% LESS USAGE). Peter has been the recurring favorite, although Pierce appears to be gaining popularity too, while forms like Pete have lost favor.
Similar Names
Pierce▲ is alike in pronunciation to Perce. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Dice, Dierck, Merce, Pace, Paice, Parke, Parrie, Patrece, Patrice, Payce, Peale, Pearcy, Peele, Peer, Pepe, Percey, Percie, Percy▼, Perez, Perl, Perrie, Perry▼, Pike, Piper, Ponce, Price, Prince▲, Pryce, Reece, Rice, Spence and Vince. These names tend to be more commonly used than Pierce.
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