Pistol
org · Latin script
Meaning: PISTÓL2, pistoli, s. m
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Pistol is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Spain.
- Spain (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 4 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
PISTÓL2, pistoli, s. m. Veche monedă de aur (spaniolă, italiană, engleză etc.), a cărei valoare a variat după epoci.
Sources 1
- DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pistol counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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: INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pistol is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, a pistol (gun, handheld short firearm weapon)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a pistol (firearm)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, handgun, pistol
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, letter, epistle
as a wordkaikki.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)
- Ion Pistolb. 1946ROLast person sentenced to death in Romania apart from Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
- Constantin Pistolb. 1967RORomanian footballer
- Gina Pistolb. 1980RORomanian model and television personality
- Gheorghe PistolRORomanian politician from Buftea, Ilfov County
- Marian PistolRORomanian politician from Osica de Jos, Olt County
- Ionuț PistolROresearcher
- Gina Cecilia PistolROresearcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 65 | #37,375 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 65 | #36,957 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 64 | #18,394 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 61 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 59 | #11,088 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 37 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 30 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 23 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Pistol mean?
- Recorded meaning: PISTÓL2, pistoli, s. m.
- In which country does Pistol have the most bearers?
- Pistol is most frequently recorded in Spain.
What do you want to know about Pistol?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pistolThe 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, “Pistol”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.