Given name & surname
Petronius
“rock”
Petronius is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in English and Latin.
Original LatinPetronella
Meaning & origin
What it means
Petronius goes back to Latin Petronius, meaning “rock.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Petronius’s family of names
In Latin usage, Petronius has a diminutive in Petronella. In English usage, Petronius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form PETRONIO. In Latin usage, Petronius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Petroniusz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petronius has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Petronius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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