Given name
Pierina
“one who is dependable”
Pierina is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is dependable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is dependable.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pierina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 262
- 0 boys · 262 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 17 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 696 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.
Pierina’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pierina is a diminutive of Piera. In Italian usage, Pierina has a conventional equivalent in the German form Petra. In Italian usage, Pierina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Perrine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pierina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Pierafull form · Italian
- Pierrinalikely variant
- Pierinnalikely variant
- Pierynahvariant
- Pierynavariant
- Piereanahvariant
- Piereanavariant
- Piereenahvariant
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Across languages 6
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.
People named Pierina
- Pierina LegnaniItalian ballerina (1863-1930)
- Pierina MorosiniBeatified Italian murder victim (1931-1957)
- Consolata BetroneItalian nun and mystic (1903-1946)
- Pierina GilliItalian visionary (1911–1991)
- Pierina BorsaniItalian sportsperson (1909–1960)
- Pierina NúñezPeruvian association football playerborn 2000
- Pierina CarcelénPeruvian actor, model and dancerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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