Gender Masculine
Usage Italian
Pronounced Pron. /ˈpjɛː.tro/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Italian form of Peter. Pietro was the given name of the Renaissance painter known as Perugino.

Related Names

Rootpetra
VariantsPiero, Pier
DiminutivePierino
Feminine FormsPiera, Pietra, Pietrina
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër(Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Arabic) Bedros, Petros(Armenian) Peru, Petri, Peio(Basque) Piotr(Belarusian) Peter(Biblical) Petros(Biblical Greek) Petrus(Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick(Breton) Petar, Pencho, Penko, Petko(Bulgarian) Pere(Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Coptic) Petru(Corsican) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero(Croatian) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík(Czech) Peder, Peter, Peer, Per(Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petrus, Pier, Piet(Dutch) Peter, Peers, Pete(English) Piers(English (British)) Petro(Esperanto) Peeter(Estonian) Petur(Faroese) Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Peetu, Pekka(Finnish) Pierre, Pierrick, Pierrot(French) Pitter(Frisian) Petre(Georgian) Peter(German) Petros(Greek) Bitrus(Hausa) Pika(Hawaiian) Péter, Peti(Hungarian) Pétur(Icelandic) Peadar, Piaras(Irish) Pēteris(Latvian) Pitter, Pit(Limburgish) Petruchio(Literature) Petras(Lithuanian) Petar, Petre, Pece, Pero, Petko(Macedonian) Petera(Maori) Piers(Medieval French) Petruccio(Medieval Italian) Pièrre(Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Per(Norwegian) Pèire(Occitan) Piotr(Polish) Pedro, Pedrinho(Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț(Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya(Russian) Pedru(Sardinian) Peadar(Scottish Gaelic) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero, Petko(Serbian) Peter(Slovak) Peter(Slovene) Pedro(Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per(Swedish) Petro(Ukrainian) Pedr(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsDi Pietro, Petri, Pietri(Italian)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   serious  

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Entry updated November 20, 2020