Given name & surname · also Slavic
Petrovic
Petrovic is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Czech.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Petrovic comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Czech.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Petrovic as a surname developed from Petrovič.
Petrovic’s family of names
In English usage, Petrovic as a surname developed from the Slovenian form Petrovič. In English usage, Petrovic as a surname was borrowed from the Serbo-Croatian form Petrović. In German usage, Petrovic as a surname has a related form in PIETERSEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petrovic has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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