Given name & surname
Piera
“as solid and strong as a rock”
In Italian use, Piera is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Piera is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Piera is a feminine form of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Piera is a feminine form of Piero.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Piera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 0 boys · 70 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Piera’s family of names
In Italian usage, Piera has a diminutive in Pierina. Piera is a feminine form of Peter. In Italian usage, Piera has a conventional equivalent in the German form Petra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Piera has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Piera
- Piera Degli EspostiItalian actress (1938-2021)
- Piera AielloItalian politicianborn 1967
- Piera MartellSwiss singerborn 1943
- Piera AulagnierFrench psychiatrist/psychoanalyst (1923–1990)
- Piera Hudsonalpine skier from the United Arab Emiratesborn 1996
- Piera TizzoniItalian long jumper and sprinterborn 1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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