[Surname] Re: Nice try. Thanx! (nt)
by Anon. (guest)
11/5/2004, 1:15 AM
Well, you're easily pleased.... That's not even the right language. You said it's a German surname.
I'd say it's from 'Pirk', an oberdeutsch form of 'Birke', the birch tree.
Pier is also German for 'jetty'.