Given name & surname
Petros
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Petros is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Petros is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Petros is a variant of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Petros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 715
- 715 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,746 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,746 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,413 as a first name in 2020; 1,346 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.
Petros’s family of names
In English usage, Petros shares a linguistic root with Peter. In English usage, Petros was borrowed from the Greek form Πέτρος. Petros has a related form in Peter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petros has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Pedroequivalent
- Pierreequivalent
- Pietroequivalent
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Pieterequivalent
- Piotrequivalent
- Petrequivalent
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- Peerequivalent
- Stenequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- Peruequivalent
- Petrusequivalent
- Pederequivalent
- Perequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Petrasequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- ПетросRussian
- ΠετρόςGreek
- Pyotrequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
- Petruequivalent
- Boutrosequivalent
- Пётрequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Πέτροςsource · Greek
People named Petros
- Bedros TourianArmenian poet (1851-1872)
- Petros Persakisgymnast (1879–1952)
- Petrobey MavromichalisGreek notable of Mani, revolutionary army leader, and politician1765–1848
- Petros MantalosGreek footballerborn 1991
- Petros ProtopapadakisGreek politician (1854–1922)1859–1922
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmarkanthropologist, specialising in Tibetan beliefs and customs1908–1980
- Petros MarkarisTurkish-Greek writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1936)
- Petros MolyviatisGreek politician1928–2025
- Petros VoulgarisGreek Admiral - served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece (1883-1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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