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♂ Piers
What does Piers mean?
Piers 
as a boys' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Piers is "rock". Peter is the Latin form of the name that the Normans brought to Britain as Piers. Also form of Pierre.
STARTS WITH Pi-
Variations
VARIANTS Pearce, Pears, Pearson, Pierce▲, Pierson, Piersson
OTHER FORMS VIA PETER Par, Peder, Pedro, Per, Pete▼, Petr, Petre, Petros, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Pers, ..
(female) Piela, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Piers Rocky (P.R.), ..
How popular is Piers?
Piers is a rare given name for males but a very popular last name for all people (#60230 out of 150436, Top 40%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Piers (NOT RANKED) rated in the Top 2000 are Pearson, Pedro (#391 LAST YEAR), Per, Pete, Peter (#211), Pierce (#491), Pierre (#1050), Pierson (#1150) and Pietro. Adoption of these relations of Piers reached its most widespread 68 years ago (AVERAGE #1182) and has become much lower since (#1254, DOWN 66%), with versions such as Pete becoming less in vogue. Peter is the longstanding favorite, though Pierce has gained in usage over time. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Piers is pronounced similarly to Peerce and Perce. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ayers, Peer, Perl, Piper, Pius, Rivers, Siors and Spiers. Like Piers, these names are not commonly used.
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