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Pierce

English
"son of Piers"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Pierce Origin and Meaning

The name Pierce is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Piers".

Actor Pierce Brosnan brings a strong helping of charm to this name. Pierce was actually a popular name long before Mr. Brosnan came along, from 1880 to the end of the 1930s.

Pierce Brosnan inspired the return of the name in the 1980s, and it's still going strong. Pierce is actually pronounced differently from father name Piers, which has more of a z sound at the end.

About 500 baby boys were named Pierce in the US last year....and about 30 baby girls.

# 540 in the US

Pierce Rank in US Top 1000

# 547 on Nameberry

Pierce Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Pierce

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Famous People Named Pierce

  • Pierce Brendan Brosnan
    Irish actor
  • Pierce Butler
    U.S. Founding Father and Senator from North Carolina
  • Pierce Gagnon
    American child actor
  • Neil Mallon Pierce Bush
    son of U.S. President George H.W. Bush; brother of President George W. Bush; named for his mother Barbara Pierce Bush
  • Pierce Bush (b. 1986)
    son of Neil Bush; grandson of President George H.W. Bush
  • Pierce Rinfret (b. 2010)
    son of TV presenter Melissa Porter and Peter Rinfret
  • Franklin Pierce
    14th President of the United States
  • Pierce Alexander Bryan (b. 2019)
    son of Zachery & Carly Bryan

The name Pierce in Pop Culture

  • Pierce Washington
    character in the video game franchise "Saints Row"
  • Piercinald Anastasia "Pierce" Hawthorne
    character on TV's "Community"
  • Pierce Morehouse Patchett
    character in movie "L.A. Confidential"
  • Pierce
    a character on TV's "Alien Dawn"
  • Dr. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
    character from the TV series and film "M*A*S*H"
  • Pierce the Veil
    American post,hardcore band