Píer

given name · Latin script

Píer is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.

  • NLNetherlands1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 45K
  • UYUruguay1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

1,475 people

Record sources
82 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pier in US United States, NL Netherlands, BR Brazil and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.

Cited for this meaning 4

  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
  • Nordic Names
  • Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Píer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Píer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands1,4751 in 12K1.5KPier7
US United States8681 in 383K2.2KPier82
BR Brazil2311 in 917K231Pier59
SE Sweden2291 in 45K229—5
UY Uruguay671 in 51K67Pier14
AL Albania151 in 205K15——
GY Guyana41 in 188K4——

1,475 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Píer under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Píer mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre. Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos and 2 other sources.
In which country does Píer have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Píer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pier.
Where is Píer most common?
Píer is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Píer?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,475 people named Píer, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Píer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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