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Петре
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Петре (Petre) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Macedonian and Old Novgorodian.
Macedonian and Russian and zle-onoWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Peter.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Петре is Petre written in Cyrillic. Petre is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Петре comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Old Novgorodian usage, Петре developed from Πέτρος.
Петре’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Петре is a diminutive of Петар. In Old Novgorodian usage, Петре developed from the Ancient Greek form Πέτρος. In Macedonian usage, Петре has a related form in Peter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Петре has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Петре comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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