Pietra Montecorvino (born 2 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian singer and actress. Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy. She and her longterm companion Eugenio Bennato have two children, Carola and Fulvio.
Pietra has not been used anymore for newborns since 2011. Other Italian forms of this name are Piera (11 babies born in 2016), Pietrina (no usage since 2005), Pierina (last usage in 2012), Peronella (no usage since 1998) and Petra.Petra with 118 babies born in 2016 is the most used form of this name followed by few babies called Piera.