Piercen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Piercen by the numbers

Piercen was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Piercen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Piercen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Pierceto pierce; a form of Piers559 in the US (2017)
  • Pierrestone or rock; French form of Peter155 in the US (2017)
  • Piersonson of Peter; son of the rock129 in the US (2017)
  • Piercesonson of Pierce; a patronymic form5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Piercen

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