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Definition: Adapted from the given name Piers (a derivation of Peter, which means "rock") and usually meaning "son or descendant of Piers or Peter."
Surname Origin:
English, Welsh
Alternate Surname Spellings:
PEARCE, PEARSE, PEARSON, PIERS, PIRS, PYRS, PEERS
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English Genealogy PIERCE Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - PIERCE Genealogy PIERCE Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - PIERCE Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - PIERCE Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - PIERCE Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - PIERCE Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
