Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Pierino isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pierino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1919.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pierino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pierino is a diminutive of Piero.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pierino
- Perry ComoAmerican singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)
- Pierino PratiItalian footballer (1946-2020)
- Pierino GabettiItalian weightlifter (1904-1971)
- Pierino BaffiItalian road bicycle racer (1930–1985)
- Pierino FavalliItalian cyclist (1914–1986)
- Pierino Gavazziroad bicycle racerborn 1950
- Pierino da VinciItalian sculptor (1530-1553)1529–1553
- Pierino AlbiniItalian bicycle racer (1885–1955)
- Pierino Belli16th-century Italian soldier and jurist, an authority on the law of war who is considered an authority and one of the founders of modern international law1502–1575
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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