Piers

Where Piers comes from

A Middle English vernacular form of Peter, from Old French Piers, from Latin Petrus. Doublet of Pedro, Peter, and Boutros.
— Wiktionary's entry for Piers
  • Ancient Greek
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1952
    Debut at its peak, #3,734
    #3,734 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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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.