Where does “Pierson” come from?

Pierson is an English surname derived from Old French Piers, itself from Old French Pierre, a personal name ultimately of Latin origin meaning "stone."

Pierson (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Pierson”, step by step

Pierson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English piers

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpiersplural of pier
2Old FrenchPiers—
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via English Sơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSơn—
2Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
3Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
4Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
5Proto-Germanicsēna—
6Proto-Germanic*sa—
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →