Given name & surname · also Bulgarian
Petroff
Petroff is a surname from Bulgarian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Original RussianПетров
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Petroff comes from Bulgarian, and ultimately from Russian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Petroff as a surname developed from Петров.
Petroff’s family of names
In English usage, Petroff as a surname developed from the Bulgarian form Петров. In Greek usage, Petroff as a surname is a transliteration of Πέτροφφ. In German usage, Petroff as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Петров.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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