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Petronila

Petronila is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish and Tagalog.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Petronila comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Petronila.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Petronila through the years

Babies since 1880
69
0 boys · 69 girls
Most popular year
2020
10 babies
2025
5
#16,681 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01020301900192019401960198020002025Highest share 18883.1
Petronila in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1888–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,681 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,705 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Petronila’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Petronila has a diminutive in NILAY. In Czech usage, Petronila has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Petronela.

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PetronilaNilayPetronellaPetronillaPetronela

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Petronila

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