Given name & surname
Piero
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Piero is a variant of Pedro. In Spanish use, Pedro carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Piero is a variant of Pedro. In Spanish use, Pedro carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Piero shares an earlier linguistic root with Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Italian Piero, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Piero through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 821
- 821 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #4,111 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +75%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,111 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 75.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2007. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,303 as a first name in 2020; 134 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Piero’s family of names
In Italian usage, Piero has a diminutive in PIERINO. Piero shares a linguistic root with Peter. Piero has a related form in Pedro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Piero has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Petercognate · English, German
- Pierreequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- PieterDutch
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- PiotrPolish
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- Pierafeminine form · Italian
- PetrCzech
- Peruequivalent
- Kepaequivalent
- Pederequivalent
- Perequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Petrusolder form · Latin
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- Pyotrequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
- Petruequivalent
- Пётрequivalent
- Петърequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Petrasequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Piero
- Piero della FrancescaItalian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)1415–1492
- Piero di CosimoItalian painter (1462–1522)1461–1522
- Piero HincapiéEcuadorian footballerborn 2002
- Piero SraffaItalian economist (1898–1983)
- Piero ManzoniItalian artist (1933-1963)
- Piero TaruffiItalian racing driver1906–1988
- Piero ToscaniItalian boxer (1904–1940)
- Piero GrosItalian alpine ski racerborn 1954
- Piero D'Inzeoequestrian (1923-2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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