Name: Piers
Gender: Male
Usage: Piers is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Piers are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Piers across the world, see Peter.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Piers is: Stone, Rock.
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Numerology of the first name Piers: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Piers is ranked on the 12,891st position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 18400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Piers has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Piers for each year.
The name day of Piers is 29 June.
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History and Origin
Piers is an old English Christian name, and has the same origins as Peter.
People and fictional characters with the first name include:
- Piers Akerman (born 1950), Australian journalist, conservative commentator and columnist
- Piers Anthony (born 1934), Anglo-American fantasy/science fiction author known for his Xanth series of novels
- Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond (c. 1467–1539)
- Piers Claughton (1814–1884), British Anglican bishop, Archdeacon of London and Chaplain-General of Her Majesty's Forces
- Piers Courage (1942-1970), English racing driver
- Piers Edgecumbe (c. 1609–1667), English politician
- Piers Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1865-1944), British soldier
- Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284-1312), a favourite of King Edward II of England
- Piers Gough (born 1946), British architect
- Piers Haggard (born 1939), British television and film director
- Piers Lane (born 1958), Australian concert pianist
- Piers Mackesy (born 1924), British military historian
- Piers McDonald (born 1955), Canadian politician and trade unionist
- Piers Merchant (1951-2009), British politician
- Piers Morgan (born 1965), British tabloid newspaper editor, judge on TV talent shows, CNN host
- Piers Paul Read (born 1941), English novelist, historian and biographer
- Piers Sellers (born 1955), Anglo-American meteorologist and NASA astronaut
- Piers Wenger (born 1972), British television producer
- the title character of Piers Plowman, a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland
People with the last name include:
- Desmond Piers (1913-2005), Royal Canadian Navy rear-admiral
- Harry Piers (1870–1940), Canadian historian
- Henry Piers (1568-1623), Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament, administrator and writer
- Sir Henry Piers, 1st Baronet (1629-1691), Anglo-Irish soldier and antiquarian
- John Piers (1522/3–1594), Archbishop of York
- Sir John Piers, 6th Baronet (1772-1845), notorious rake and duellist
- Julie Piers (born 1962), American golfer
- Sarah Piers (died 1719), English literary patron, political commentator and poet
- William Piers (c. 1580–1670), British Anglican bishop and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- William Piers (constable) (c. 1510-1603), constable of Carrickfergus
English: regular Middle English form of Peter (from the Old French nominative case, as against the oblique Pier). In the form Pierce it survived into the 18th century, although in part this may be a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval given name. Piers was revived in the mid-20th century, perhaps partly under the influence of William Langland's great rambling medieval poem Piers Plowman (1367–86), in which the character of Piers symbolizes the virtues of hard work, honesty, and fairness.
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