Piere

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Piere is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Peru, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Pière, Pierè, Pieré, Piëre, Piére

• French given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Peru, United States, Cameroon

  Also written Pière, Piére, Pieré, Pïêrĕ, Piêre

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Pière

• Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Pîëre, Pière, Pieré

• Arabic given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Algeria, Egypt, United States

  Also written Pįere, Piére, Pïèrë, Pière, Pïere

• Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Tanzania

  Also written Pière

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Piere is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of pere (“peer”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, forehead (part of the human face between the hair and the eyebrows)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, second-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Dutch, singular present subjunctive of pieren

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, inflection of pierrä:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In fur, stone

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Piere?

A machine transcription gives /pjeɾe/ (IPA) for Spanish.

Is Piere a male or female name?

Piere is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Piere have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 518 people named Piere, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled piere.

Where is Piere most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Piere is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 170 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Piere?

In Brazil, the national register counted 518 people named Piere in 2022, about 1 in 409 thousand residents.