Given name & surname
Petre
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Petre is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
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
Petre is a variant of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Petre through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 5 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 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 as a first name in 2020; 1,824 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Petre’s family of names
In Italian usage, Petre has a related form in Peter. In Romanian usage, Petre has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter. In Romanian usage, Petre has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Piotr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petre has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 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.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Petre
- Petre Roman53rd Prime Minister of Romania (1989-1991)born 1946
- Petre DumitrescuRomanian general (1882-1950)
- Petre P. CarpRomanian politician (1837-1919)
- Petre S. AurelianPrime Minister of Romania (1833-1909)
- Petre BecheruRomanian weightlifterborn 1960
- Petre SteinbachRomanian footballer (1906-1996)
- Petre IspirescuRomanian writer, collector of fairy tales, and printer (1830–1887)
- Petre CeapuraRomanian rowerborn 1942
- Petre MelikishviliGeorgian chemist (1850-1927)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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