Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Petko is a romanization of Петко. Петко comes from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
Petko’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Petko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Петко. In Greek usage, Petko as a surname is a transliteration of Πέτκο.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Peterequivalent
- Pedroequivalent
- Pierreequivalent
- Pietroequivalent
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- Pieterequivalent
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- Piotrequivalent
- Petrequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- Peruequivalent
- Kepaequivalent
- Petrusequivalent
- Pederequivalent
- Perequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
- Petruequivalent
- Петърequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
People named Petko
- Petko SlaveykovBulgarian journalist (1827–1895)
- Petko KaravelovBulgarian politician (1843-1903)
- Petko SirakovBulgarian wrestler1929–1996
- Petko StaynovBulgarian composer (1896–1977)
- Petko TodorovBulgarian writer, poet and playwright (1879–1916)
- Petko PetkovBulgarian footballer (1946-2020)
- Petko ChristovRoman Catholic bishop1950–2020
- Petko VoyvodaBulgarian revolutionary (1844-1900)
- Petko ValovBulgarian Greek Catholic bishopborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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