Piers
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning stone or rock; form of peter.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Piers by the numbers
Piers was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Piers. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Piers, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Piers
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