Given name & surname
Pietro
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Pietro is a variant of Pedro. In Spanish use, Pedro carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pietro 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
Pietro is a 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 use, Pietro is used as a form of Peter.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pietro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,423
- 2,423 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #3,074 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 40 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,074 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 52 in 1974. In 2025, Massachusetts had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,165 as a first name in 2020; 814 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.
Pietro’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pietro has a diminutive in PETRUCCELLI. Pietro shares a linguistic root with Peter. Pietro has a related form in Pedro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pietro has relatives in 71 languages.
58 related names in 71 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 65
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Petercognate · English, French
- PierreFrench
- PetarSerbian, Croatian
- Petrosequivalent
- PieterDutch, Afrikaans
- PiotrPolish
- Petrusolder form · Dutch, zea
- PetrCzech
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- Kepaequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- PetroSwahili, ia
- PetterSwedish, Norwegian Nynorsk
- PerSwedish
- PederNorwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian
- PeruBasque
- 彼得Chinese, cdo
- ПётрRussian, Belarusian
- Petrillipatronymic from · Italian
- Petruzzelliderivative · Italian
- Pyotrequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- PéterHungarian
- ПетроUkrainian
- PetruSicilian, Romanian
- ПетарSerbian, Macedonian
- PèireOccitan
- ПетрMongolian
- PeddyrManx
- PietruMaltese
- PetrasLithuanian
- PēterisLatvian
- PéturIcelandic
- PeadarIrish, Scottish Gaelic
- पीटरHindi
- PekeloHawaiian
- Πέτροςroot · Ancient Greek, Greek
- ピーターJapanese
- PedrWelsh
- PàdraigScottish Gaelic
- PiterWest Frisian
- PietariFinnish
- PekkaFinnish
- PeturFaroese
- PeeterEstonian
- פטרHebrew
- 피터Korean
- PereCatalan
- ПетърBulgarian
- PêrBreton
- ПятроBelarusian
- PetriBasque
- PeioBasque
And 5 more.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pietro
- Pope Paul IIpope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 14711417–1471
- Pope Benedict XIIIpope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 17301649–1730
- Pietro MascagniItalian composer known for operas (1863–1945)
- Pietro BadoglioItalian Military General Officer and Marshal of the Royal Italian Army from 1916-1943 during both World Wars and Prime Minister of Italy from 1943-1944 (1871-1956)
- Pietro PeruginoItalian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school (1448–1523)
- Pietro ParolinItalian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-)
- Pietro MetastasioItalian poet and librettist (1698–1782)
- Pietro AretinoItalian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer (1492-1556)
- Peter Lombardmedieval priest and theologian1100–1160
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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