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Meaning of the namePietro

Pietro is a male name of Italian origin, a form of Pedro, going back to Latin Petrus and Greek Pétros, 'stone, rock'.

Meaning

“stone, rock”

Source: Wiktionary: Pietro · Wiktionary: Pedro · Behind the Name: Pietro · Behind the Name: Peter

People (2022)
141,070
Rank in Brazil
#240
Median age
6 years
2010 Census
22,409
people

Pietro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pietro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (81,908 people).

1,528 women 139,542 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Pietro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Pietro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.097%
  2. São Paulo 0.092%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.083%
  4. Paraná 0.079%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.078%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo40,8050.092%
Minas Gerais13,7270.067%
Rio de Janeiro13,2640.083%
Rio Grande do Sul10,5420.097%
Bahia9,6200.068%
Paraná9,0170.079%
Santa Catarina5,9590.078%
Pará4,2970.053%
Goiás3,9240.056%
Pernambuco3,6680.041%
Maranhão3,0710.045%
Espírito Santo2,7980.073%
Ceará2,5780.029%
Mato Grosso2,5100.069%
Amazonas2,0500.052%
Distrito Federal1,9160.068%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,7940.065%
Paraíba1,7150.043%
Alagoas1,2190.039%
Sergipe1,1770.053%
Piauí1,1330.035%
Rondônia1,0400.066%
Rio Grande do Norte1,0320.031%
Tocantins9680.064%
Amapá5250.072%
Acre4610.056%
Roraima2600.041%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Pietro

Wiktionary lists Pietro in Portuguese as a borrowing from the Italian Pietro, which comes from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from pétros, 'stone, rock'; it has the same origin as Pedro. In the Italian entry, Pietro also designates the biblical Peter. Behind the Name presents it as the Italian form of Peter, from Greek petros, 'stone', a word that in the New Testament translates Cephas, the Aramaic name given to the apostle Simon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 141,070 people named Pietro, with a median age of 6. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Pietro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Pedro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Pietro · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Peter · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Pietro

What does the name Pietro mean?

Pietro means “stone, rock”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Pietro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 141,070 people with the first name Pietro, which ranks it number 240 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Pietro a boy's or a girl's name?

Pietro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,528 women and 139,542 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Pietro?

Pietro is a name of Italian, Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Pietro most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.097% of the state's population is named Pietro (10,542 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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