Pierina
Pierina is an Italian and Spanish feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Pierina Borsani (1909–1960), Italian female basketball player and athlete Pierina Carcelén, Peruvian actress, model and dancer Pierina Dealessi (1894–1983), Italian-born Argentine actress Pierina Gilli (1911–1991), Italian Roman Catholic visionary Pierina Legnani (1868–1930), Italian ballerina Pierina…
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Pierina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pierina is an Italian and Spanish feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Pierina Borsani (1909–1960), Italian female basketball player and athlete Pierina Carcelén, Peruvian actress, model and dancer Pierina Dealessi (1894–1983), Italian-born Argentine actress Pierina Gilli (1911–1991), Italian Roman Catholic visionary Pierina Legnani (1868–1930), Italian ballerina Pierina…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Pierina
The earliest SSA record of Pierina as a baby girl name dates back to 1907, when 6 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Pierina — #1,883 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Pierinas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 262 Pierinas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Pierina
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About the name Pierina
Pierina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 262 births in the dataset. Pierina's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,883. Use the chart and map above to compare Pierina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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