Pearce is a surname , from knights of the Norman lord Mansfield prior to the invasion of England. It derives etymologically from the Germanic word to pierce, and was a name commonly given to warrior caste in Saxon/Jute, p-celtic and oil languages . Another etymology is from Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter, and may refer to:
People
Adam Pearce (born 1978), American professional wrestlerAdrienne Pearce , South African actressAl Pearce (1898–1961), American comedian, singer and banjoistAlec Pearce (1910–1982), English cricketerAlex Pearce (born 1988), English footballerAlexander Pearce (1790–1824), escapee from Macquarie Harbour Penal StationAlice Pearce (1917–1966), American actressAllan Pearce (born 1983), New Zealand soccer playerAndy Pearce (born 1966), English footballerAustin Pearce (1921–2004), British managerBarcley Pearce (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey playerBeth Pearce , Vermont government officialBill Pearce (1926–2010), American singer and trombonistBilly Pearce , English actor and comedianBob Pearce (born 1946), Australian politicianBobby Pearce (rower) (1905–1976), Australian-Canadian scullerBobby Pearce (designer) (born 1961), American costume designerBrad Pearce (tennis) (born 1966), American tennis playerBrad Pearce (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballerBrian Pearce (1915–2008), British politician, historian, and translatorBryan Pearce (1929–2007), British painterBunny Pearce (1885–1933), American baseball playerCaroline Pearce (born 1981), English athleteCarly Pearce (born 1990), American country music singerCharles Pearce (disambiguation) , various including:Christopher or Chris Pearce (disambiguation)
Clancee Pearce (born 1990), Australian rules footballerCliff Pearce , Australian rugby league footballerCol Pearce (1917–2004), Australian rugby league refereeColby Pearce (born 1972), American cyclistCol Pearce (1917–2004), Australian rugby league refereeColman Pearce (born 1938), Irish pianist and conductorCraig Pearce , Australian actor and writerCromwell Pearce (1772–1852), U.S. Army colonel during the War of 1812Daniel Pearce (born 1978), English musicianDanyle Pearce (born 1986), Australian rules footballerDarryl Pearce (1960–2025), Australian basketball playerDavid Pearce (disambiguation) Deb Pearce , Canadian broadcaster and comedianDenis Pearce (1896–1968), British fencerDennis Pearce (born 1974), English footballerDickey Pearce (1836–1908), early baseball player who started with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1856Donn Pearce (1928–2017), American author of Cool Hand Luke Douglas Pearce (born 1956), English folk musician Douglas P.
Drew Pearce (born 1975), English writer, producer and directorDrue Pearce (born 1951), American businesswoman and politicianDutee Jerauld Pearce (1789–1849), American politicianEddie Pearce (born 1952), American golferEdgar Pearce (born 1937/38), British criminal convicted of the Mardi Gras bombingsEdmund Pearce (1870–1935), English bishopEdward Pearce (disambiguation) Eric Pearce (disambiguation) Ernest Pearce (1865–1930), English bishopEve Pearce (1929–2023), Scottish actressFrancis Tring Pearce (1846–1935), English director of Priday, Metford and Company Limited
Frank Pearce (disambiguation) Fred Pearce (born 1951), English journalistGary Pearce (disambiguation) George Pearce (disambiguation) Graham Pearce (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballerGreg Pearce (disambiguation) Guy Pearce (born 1967), Australian actorHeath Pearce (born 1984), American soccer playerHen Pearce (1777–1809), English prizefighterHenry Pearce (disambiguation) Howard Pearce (born 1949), English-born Governor of the Falkland IslandsIan Pearce (born 1974), English footballerIrene Pearce (1900–2012), British supercentenarianIvy May Pearce (1914–1998), Australian pilot and business ownerJackson Pearce (born 1984), American authorJacqueline Pearce (1943–2018), British actressJames Pearce (1805–1862), American politicianJason Pearce (born 1987), English footballerJeff Pearce (American musician) (born 1967), American ambient guitaristJeff Pearce (Canadian musician) (born 1967), Canadian musicianJim Pearce (disambiguation) Jimmy Pearce (born 1947), English footballerJoe Pearce (Australian rugby league) (1910–1995), Australian rugby league footballerJoe Pearce (footballer) (1885–1915), Australian rules footballerJoe Pearce (British rugby league) , rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930sJohn Pearce (disambiguation) Jonathan Pearce (disambiguation) Jordan Pearce (born 1986), American ice hockey playerJoseph Pearce (disambiguation) Josh Pearce (born 1977), American baseball playerJoshua Pearce , (living) American scientist and engineerJulian Pearce (field hockey) (born 1937), Australian field hockey playerKevin Pearce (disambiguation) Krystian Pearce (born 1990), English footballerLara Taylor-Pearce , Sierra Leonean auditor generalLaurence Pearce (born 1990), English rugby league and union playerLawrence Pearce (born 1980), English film writer and directorLennard Pearce (1915–1984), British actorLeslie Pearce (disambiguation) Lindsay Pearce , American actress and singerMahal Pearce (born 1977), New Zealand golferMark Pearce (disambiguation) Mark Guy Pearse (1842–1930), British preacher, lecturer and authorMartin Pearce (born 1983), English cricketerMary Vivian Pearce (born 1947), American actressMichael Pearce (author) (1933–2022), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan authorMichael Pearce (artist) (born 1965), British, California based artistMitchell Pearce (born 1989), Australian Rugby League playerMonty J. Pearce (born 1948), member of the Idaho senateNancy Pearcey (born 1952), American Christian authorNathaniel Pearce (1779–1820), British explorerNathan Pearce (1977), husband, father, and baker at Gluten Free Galley in Raleigh, NCNicholas Bartlett Pearce , American Civil War general in the Union ArmyPard Pearce (1896–1974), American football playerPaul Pearce (born 1956), Australian politicianPerce Pearce (1900–1955), American producer, director, and writerPevita Pearce (born 1992), Indonesian actress and modelPhilippa Pearce (1920–2006), English writer for childrenPippa Pearce MBE, ConservatorReylene Pearce , Australian actressRichard Pearce (disambiguation) Robert Pearce (disambiguation) Rudolph Pearce (born 1945), Jamaican footballerRussell Pearce (1947–2023), American politicianRuth Pearce Australian ambassadorSam Pearce (born 1997), Welsh cricketerSandy Pearce (1883–1930), Australian rugby league footballer and boxerSarah Pearce (born 1965), British professor of historyShaun Pearce (born 1969), British canoeistShirley Pearce , English professorStanley Pearce (1863–1929), English cricketerStephen Pearce (1819–1904), English painterSteve Pearce (disambiguation) Stevo Pearce (born 1962), British record label ownerStuart Pearce (born 1962), English football coachSuzie Muirhead (born 1975), New Zealand field hockey player known as Suzie Pearce until she marriedSydney Pearce (1883–1930), Australian rugby league playerTeresa Pearce (born 1955), British politicianTerry Pearce (disambiguation) Thomas Pearce (disambiguation) Tom Pearce (cricketer) (1905–1994), English cricketer and rugby union officialTom Pearce (footballer) Vera Pearce (1895–1966), Australian actressVirginia H. Pearce (born 1945), author and member of Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWalter Pearce (disambiguation) Wayne Pearce (born 1960), Australian captain of the Rugby League Club Balmain Tigers from 1982 to 1990William Pearce (disambiguation) Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), English bishop
Fictional characters
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
Peter Baltic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Romance Slavic Other
