Pearsall

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A small city in Frio County in the south of Texas, in the United States, known for its agriculture and ranching
2. A community in Frio County, Texas, located in the southern part of the state and serving the surrounding farm and ranch country
3. A town in south-central Texas, United States, that serves as the county seat of Frio County and its rural region

Etymology: Pearsall is chiefly a surname of English origin, and it belongs to the family of names built from "Peter." Surnames such as Pearson, Pierson, and Pierce developed from Piers, the medieval English form of Peter, meaning "son of Piers." The "-all" ending is less certain. It may reflect an older place-name element, possibly one meaning a hall or a nook of land, which would make the name locational rather than patronymic, but the exact derivation is uncertain. The name is better known today as a place name, most notably the town of Pearsall in Frio County, Texas, which was named after a local family of that surname. Whether that family's name came straight from the English surname or from some earlier form is not something I can confirm.