Pieternella
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pitərnɛlaː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pieternella is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands. Recorded meaning: Variant of Petronella, analogous to Pieter.
- NLNetherlands
- ZASouth Africa
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of Petronella, analogous to Pieter.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alexine Tinneb. 1835NLnot in their usual nameDutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869)
- Johanna Maria Pieternella Scheerb. 1848NLDutch photographer (1848–1933)
- Pieternella Falck-Verdonkb. 1864NL(1864-1945)
- Nelly Goedewaagenb. 1880NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter, draughtsperson, etcher and lithographer (1880–1953)
- Pieternella Ketelb. 1890NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Toos van 't Hoffb. 1907NLnot in their usual nameDutch gallerist (1907-1960)
- Nel Siertsema-Smidb. 1928NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician
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)
Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 30K | #49 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 15K | #263 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 223 | #9,347 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 62 | #5,866 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 19 | #25,602 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #15,789 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pieternella mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Petronella, analogous to Pieter. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Pieternella?
- A machine transcription gives /pitərnɛlaː/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Pieternella a male or female name?
- Pieternella 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 Pieternella have the most bearers?
- Pieternella is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
What do you want to know about Pieternella?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pieternellaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Pieternella”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.