Pearce as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pearce

What is the meaning of the name Pearce ?

The baby name Pearce is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /pɪərs/ (UK), /pɪrs/ or /pɜrs/ (US),respelling: PEERS.

Pearce is English in Origin.

Pearce is an English surname-turned-given name that traces back to the medieval personal name Piers, the Middle English form of Peter. Through Old French Pierre and Latin Petrus, it ultimately derives from Greek Petros, “rock” or “stone,” a symbol of steadfastness. The spelling Pearce developed as a regional variant of the patronymic “son of Piers,” alongside Pierce and Pearse, and also appears as an Anglicization of the Irish Piaras.

As a given name, Pearce remains less common than Pierce but fits the modern trend of adopting polished surnames as first names. It surfaces in records from the 19th century onward in Britain, Ireland, and later North America and Australia, with visibility boosted by the wider Pierce/Piers family of names known since the Middle Ages (cf. Piers Plowman). Related forms include Pierce, Pearse, Piers, Peter, Pierre, Pietro, Pedro, and Petra.