Pier is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning “earthworm and Wattwurm.” In 2024 it was given to 5 boys in the United States.
Pier at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Italian
Meaning
“earthworm and Wattwurm”
Pronunciation
/piːr/
About the name Pier
Pier belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “earthworm and Wattwurm” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Pier first appears in Social Security records in 1954. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3583 in 1961, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 119 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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