Pietro

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Pietro is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name270K records spelled Pietro14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Italy, United States, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Piëtro, Pìètrò, Piétro, Pie͏̈tro, Pìetro

• Portuguese given name120K records spelled Pietro191 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian

  Also written Pedro, Peter, פדרו, Pëdrö, Pédro

• French given name23K records spelled Pietro8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Italy, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Piétro, Piètro, Pietrõ, Piĕtro, Piëtrõ

• Croatian given name4.9K records spelled Pietro30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, Czechia, Russia

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Czech

  Also written Пьетро, Піетро, Пиетро, Pjetro, П'Єтро

• Hindi given name2.0K records spelled Pietro5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

  Also written Pìètrò

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Pietro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Peter

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Dal gr. Pétros, lat. Petrus, 'pietra'; nome dato a Simone dall'evangelio.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, dal greco Pétros, 'pietra, roccia'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma ital. de Petrus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 103 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Boniface IXb. 1356ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1389 to 1404
• Paul IIb. 1417ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
• Pietro Peruginob. 1448ITItalian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school (1448-1523)
• Benedictus XIIIb. 1649ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
• Pietro Locatellib. 1695ITItalian Baroque composer and violinist (1695-1764)
• Pietro Mascagnib. 1863ITItalian composer known for operas (1863–1945)
• Pietro Badogliob. 1871ITItalian Military General Officer and Marshal of the Royal Italian Army from 1916-1943 during both World Wars and Prime Minister of Italy from 1943-1944 (1871-1956)
• Rudolph Valentinob. 1895USnot in their usual nameItalian actor (1895–1926)
• Yogi Berrab. 1925USnot in their usual nameAmerican baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)
• Pietro Scaliab. 1960ITItalian film editor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 655 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pietro?

We estimate roughly 147 thousand people bear Pietro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Pietro have the most bearers?

We estimate about 141 thousand people bear Pietro in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled pietro.

Where is Pietro most common?

Pietro is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Pietro compared with other names?

In Brazil, Pietro is the 458th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Pietro a male or female name?

Pietro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Pietro mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian form of Peter; 'a stone or rock'