Pierce - Meaning of Pierce

What does Pierce mean?

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Pierce

[ 1 syll. pier-ce, pi-e-rce ] The baby girl name Pierce is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced as Pih-RZ †. Pierce has its origins in the Old Greek language. Pierce is a form of the English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish Petra.

See also the related category greek.

Pierce is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Pierce has mainly been a boy name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Pierce include Pares, Parice, Paries, Pariss, Parisse, Park, Parke, Parkes, Parks, Parsee, Perach (Hebrew), Perke, Peroose, Perooze, Perse, Porche (English), Porcshe (English), Porsche (English and German), Porschee (English), and Porsh.

† English pronunciation for Pierce: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"