The name Pierson is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Pierson is: Form of Piers from Peter.
Peterson is a common English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are an estimated 700 variant spellings of the surname. The form Peterson may also have arisen from Danish Petersen with a change of spelling commonly applied by Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries.
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word Ï€ÎÏ„Ïος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". ... According to the New Testament, Jesus gave Saint Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone" in Aramaic.
Parkin Name Meaning. English (mainly Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Perkin, Parkin, a pet form of Peter with the diminutive suffix -kin. (The change from -er- to -ar- was a characteristic phonetic development in Old French and Middle English.)
Perkins Name Meaning. English: patronymic from Perkin, also found throughout mid and south Wales. Dutch: patronymic from a pet form of Peer, a Dutch form of Peter.
Origin of the name Pierce: A derivative of Piers, an Old French and Middle English form of Peter (a rock). The name was common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to several surnames. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
Origin of the name Pierce: A derivative of Piers, an Old French and Middle English form of Peter (a rock). The name was common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to several surnames.
Bedrosian Name Meaning. Armenian: patronymic from the western Armenian personal name Bedros, classical Armenian Pedros (see Peter).
Scandinavian Meaning: The name Peer is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Peer is: A rock. Form of Peter.
The Peirce name is an important part of the history of the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. Peirce is derived from the baptismal name for the son of Peter. ... They named their children after saints in the hope that the child would be blessed or protected by the saint.
