Given name & surname
Petey
“as solid and strong as a rock”
In English use, Petey is a diminutive of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Petey is a diminutive of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Petey is a diminutive of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Petey is a diminutive of Peter.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Petey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Petey’s family of names
In English usage, Petey is a diminutive of Peter. In English usage, Petey has a conventional equivalent in the French form PIERROT. In English usage, Petey has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form PEDRINHO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petey has relatives in 8 languages.
11 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Peteequivalent
- PierrotFrench
- Pedrinhoequivalent · Portuguese
- PiotruśPolish
- PiotrekPolish
- PetroncinoItalian
- PietrinoItalian
- PetikeHungarian
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People named Petey
- Petey WilliamsCanadian professional wrestlerborn 1981
- Petey PabloAmerican rapperborn 1973
- Petey RosenbergAmerican basketball player (1918–1997)
- Petey SarronAmerican boxer1906–1994
- Petey ScalzoAmerican boxer (1917-1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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