Given name & surname
Pietra
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Pietra is a variant of Petronela. In Latin use, Petronela carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pietra is a variant of Petronela. In Latin use, Petronela carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pietra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 182
- 0 boys · 182 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 452 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.
Pietra’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pietra has a conventional equivalent in the German form Petra. Pietra has a related form in Petronela.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pietra
- Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-RayèsLebanese saint (1832–1914)
- Pietra MontecorvinoItalian actress and singerborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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