Pietra

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Pietra is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Piëtra

• German given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Italy

  Also written Piétra

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Piëtra, Piétra, Piêtra

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Pietra is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, stone

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayesb. 1832LBLebanese saint (1832–1914)
• Pietra Brettkellyb. 1901NZNew Zealand filmmaker
• Pietra Rivolib. 1950USAmerican economist
• Pietra Montecorvinob. 1962ITItalian actress and singer
• Pietra Gayb. 1974TTTrinidad and Tobago basketball player (born 1974)
• Pietra Ferrarib. 1977BRBrazilian model
• Pietra Alecrimb. 2002BRBrazilian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pietra mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, masculine equivalent Pietro Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Pietra?

In the etymology graph, Petra, Pierrette and Perrine are forms of the same name in other languages; Pietrina is a recorded short or pet form.

How do you pronounce Pietra?

A machine transcription gives /piɛtʁɐ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

How common is the name Pietra?

In Brazil, the national register counted 51,187 people named Pietra in 2022, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.

Is Pietra a male or female name?

Pietra 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 Pietra have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 51 thousand people named Pietra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pietra.

Where is Pietra most common?

Pietra is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.1 thousand people carrying it.