Given name & surname
Petrea
“as solid and strong as a rock”
In Danish use, Petrea is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Petrea is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Danish use, Petrea is a feminine form of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Danish usage, Petrea is a feminine form of Peter.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Petrea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 0 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 10 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 girls is 5 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 194 as a first name in 2020; 544 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.
Petrea’s family of names
In Danish usage, Petrea is a feminine form of Peter. In Greek usage, Petrea as a surname is a transliteration of Πετρέα. In Greek usage, Petrea as a surname is a transliteration of Πετρεά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Petrea
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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