Pierce Forename

79,447th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 6,750 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Pierce Forename Definition:

A French, thence an English and, more frequently, Irish form of Peter; see Piers.

Pierce Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
4,6661:77,6983,761
Ireland
100%
1,0481:4,431460
Canada
100%
2591:127,9285,874
England
100%
2401:231,6796,473
Philippines
94%
 
1011:1,049,59928,205
China-551:24,837,37860,674
Australia-441:310,4006,168
South Africa
100%
261:2,097,41061,386
Brazil
100%
251:8,569,446111,821
Scotland
100%
201:267,5184,251
Thailand
100%
191:3,687,67478,779
Indonesia-181:14,331,315406,436
Malaysia
100%
171:1,791,17353,830
Singapore-161:392,94110,341
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
New Zealand-151:302,40310,381
Papua New Guinea
83%
 
111:741,11953,497
Mexico
100%
111:11,285,85732,937
India
100%
111:110,443,4521,441,921
Zimbabwe
100%
101:1,542,38246,134
Congo
100%
91:556,5789,819
Wales
100%
91:343,8125,087
France
100%
81:8,308,79227,570
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Panama-61:651,09316,250
Northern Ireland
100%
61:307,1912,078
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
Trinidad and Tobago-51:272,28413,349
South Korea-51:1,108,88418,705
Switzerland
100%
41:2,053,37418,217
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Czechia
100%
31:3,552,0546,491
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Italy
97%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guyana-11:763,26224,238

Pierce (195,033) may also be a surname.

Pierce Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A French, thence an English and, more frequently, Irish form of Peter; see Piers.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

PIERS. Names derived, like the surnames Pearce, Pears, Pearse, from Peter; or say from Peter’s.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Usage name, meaning: Surname of president, United States of America.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Pierce Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piercey9213/
Hpierce927/
Piercie926/
Pierced924/
Pierrce923/
Piercce921/
Piercer921/
Pierces921/
Phierce921/
Perce91538/
Pirce9118/
Pearce831,143/
Percie83312/
Percey83173/
Piercy8395/
Peirce8388/
Pierse8344/
Perche8330/
Perces8328/
Percee8317/
Percye8310/
Peerce838/
Percei836/
Piirce834/
Pierke833/
Pirces833/
Perceh833/
Perced832/
Percer832/
Percez832/
Piorce832/
Pircie832/
Pierxe832/
Pierca832/
Petrce832/
Pierci832/
Percze831/
Percet831/
Pherce831/
Pyerce831/
Pierze831/
Pirceu831/
Percess7745/
Piertje7712/
Pierjea779/
Pierrca777/
Perches775/
Piergie775/
Phercie774/
Pertche774/
Percies774/
Peircey774/
Perscea772/
Persche772/
Percees772/
Percher772/
Perchey772/
Pearcey772/
Pierchy772/
Pierdje771/
Pierkje771/
Pearcea771/
Pearces771/
Pairche771/
Pergyce771/
Perchce771/
Perchet771/
Perciea771/
Perciet771/
Phearce771/
Piersie771/
Pierget771/
Pherceu771/
Perrche771/
Percy73139,004/
Piers738,123/
Perci732,496/
Perse73562/
Perca7340/
Pirca7333/
Perge7327/
Perze7321/
Pircy737/
Perje733/
Pirci732/
Percí731/
Pierdtje711/
Perrcess711/
Perschet711/
Pertcher711/
Pearcher711/
Pearse671,375/
Perseu67303/
Percis67186/
Preche67168/
Persey67112/
Pearcy6791/
Phercy6733/
Pircis6717/
Perchy6716/
Perses6716/
Pirchi6713/
Perchi6712/
Perseh6712/
Piersa6710/
Perset679/
Persee679/
Piersi678/
Perzet678/
Pearci677/
Perger677/
Persea677/
Perges677/
Perccy676/
Persei676/
Persse676/
Percid676/
Piersy675/
Peircy674/
Peercy674/
Perrcy674/
Perjes674/
Percci674/
Percyt674/
Petrcy674/
Perser674/
Perciy673/
Ppercy673/
Phurce673/
Persci672/
Persée672/
Perget672/
Percii672/
Pieers672/
Pierrs672/
Piergi672/
Pyerse672/
Perjet672/
Pierky671/
Pierss671/
Pierza671/
Pirsee671/
Pirger671/
Pirjee671/
Pretce671/
Pjerke671/
Pperje671/
Perjer671/
Pergea671/
Pergey671/
Percit671/
Percui671/
Peerje671/
Pherse671/
Phirci671/
Peurcy671/
Perzee671/
Perzey671/
Peråge671/
Peržeľ671/
Persed671/
Persej671/
Pertci671/
Percuy671/
Pershe671/
Pherci671/
Pergee671/
Pierka671/
Pirjeh671/
Perjèe671/
Pyerx551/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pierce