Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Italian, Judeo-Italian Scripts פטיטו(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. peh-TEE-to(Italian) [key·IPA] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/14/2019 by Petito Edited 9/25/2021 by Infinitas Meaning & History Nickname for a small person, derived from a dialectal word ultimately from French petit meaning "small, little".