Pearson - Meaning of Pearson

What does Pearson mean?

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[ 2 syll. pea-(r)son, pe-ars-on ] The baby boy name Pearson is pronounced PIH-RSahN †. Pearson's origin and use are both in the English language. Pearson's meaning is 'son of Peter'.

Pearson is an English form of the English and Irish Pearce.

Pearson is also a form of the English, French, and Irish Pierce.

Forms of Pearson include the name Pearce, the name Pearsson, the name Pehrson, the name Peirce, the name Peirson, and the English Pierson.

See also the related category son (heir).

Pearson is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly related to Pearson, Peter was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Pearson include Pierson, Parkin, Parkyn, Parson, Pearsson, Pehrson, Peirson, Peran, Perkin, Person, Pieran, Pieren, Piersson, Piran, Pragun, Prajin, Prajna, Prajyn, Presten, and Priam.

† Pronunciation for Pearson: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"