Given name
Petronela
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Petronela is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Petronela carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.” Petronela is a feminine form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Petronela is used as a feminine counterpart of Peter.
Petronela’s family of names
In Polish usage, Petronela is a diminutive of Petronia. Petronela is a feminine form of Peter. Petronela has a related form in Petra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petronela has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Piercevariant
- Petravariant
- Petronavariant
- Pitavariant
- Pietravariant
- Pierettevariant
- Pierravariant
- Pieravariant
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- Piervariant
- Petavariant
- Perrinevariant
- Pedravariant
- Petroniavariant · Polish
- Petronillavariant · Italian, English
- Petronellavariant · German
- Pietruchaclipped form · Polish
- Peronellevariant
- Peronelvariant
- Peirenevariant
- Pedrinevariant
- Petrinevariant
- Parnellavariant
- Pernillavariant
- Pernilavariant
- Petronelevariant
- Petronelvariant
- Petronillevariant
- Petronellevariant · French
- Nelkadiminutive · Slovak
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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