Given name
Feoras
“resembling a smooth rock”
Feoras is used as a given name. One interpretation is “resembling a smooth rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a smooth rock.”
Where it comes from
Feoras is a form of Piers. An origin associated with Piers is Old French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Irish usage, Feoras developed from Petrus.
The story
Feoras is a form of Piers. The history of Piers gives this family its wider story. William Langland’s Piers Plowman presents Piers as a figure associated with work, honesty, and fairness. The poem may have helped encourage the name’s revival in the twentieth century.
Explained through its name family
Feoras’s family of names
In Irish usage, Feoras developed from the Latin form Petrus. Feoras is a form of Piers. Feoras has a related form in Feores.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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