Pêtty
given name · Latin script
Pêtty is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The adjective is derived from Middle English peti, pety (“little, small; minor”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman petit, Middle French petit, and Old French peti, petit, pitet (“young; little, sma.
- USUnited States1 in 9.5K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 12K
- CACanada≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 456 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
34,882 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
St. Kitts & Nevis
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Petty in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishpeti“little“little, small; minor”(measured from records)
- Anglo-Normanpetit(measured from records)
The adjective is derived from Middle English peti, pety (“little, small; minor”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman petit, Middle French petit, and Old French peti, petit, pitet (“young; little, small; inferior; insignificant”) (modern French petit), ultimately of imitative origin. It is no longer thought that the word is derived from Celtic. Doublet of petit and petite. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Sources 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Nordic Names
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pêtty counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #828 | 34,882 | 1 in 9.5K | 35K | Petty | 456 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 3.7K | Petty | 183 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Petty | 8 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Petty | 18 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Petty | 96 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Petty | 9 |
| SG Singapore | #797 | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Petty | 11 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Petty | 37 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 16 | 1 in 3.4K | 16 | — | 4 |
34,882 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pêtty mean, and where does it come from?
- The adjective is derived from Middle English peti, pety (“little, small; minor”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman petit, Middle French petit, and Old French peti, petit, pitet (“young; little, sma… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
- Is Pêtty a male or female name?
- Pêtty is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Pêtty have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 35 thousand people named Pêtty, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled petty.
- Where is Pêtty most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Pêtty is densest in St. Kitts & Nevis — about 1 in 3.4 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Pêtty?
- In the United States, the national register counted 34,882 people named Pêtty in 2010, about 1 in 9.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Pêtty compared with other names?
- In the United States, Pêtty is the 828th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pêtty” — the 828th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.