Pierce

Where Pierce comes from

The dictionaries list Pierce as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #383
    21 babies named Pierce — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #963.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.
Namesakes

No widely known Pierce turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.