Given name & surname
Petru
“stone, rock”
Petru is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “stone, rock.” It is used in Romanian and Corsican.
Meaning & origin
Petru’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Petru has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter. Petru has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Pedro. Petru has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pietro.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petru has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 8 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.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- PeterEnglish, French
- PedroSpanish
- Pierreequivalent
- PietroItalian
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- Pieterequivalent
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- Petrusequivalent
- Pederequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Perequivalent
- Piotrequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- PetrCzech
- Peruequivalent
- Пётрequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Petrasequivalent
- Պետրոսequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- Pyotrequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
People named Petru
- Petru Groza46th Prime Minister of Romania (1945-1952)1884–1958
- Petru LucinschiMoldovan politician (born 1940)
- Petro MohylaMetroploitan of Kyiv, Halych and All-Rus1596–1647
- Petru Rareșvoievod of Moldavia1487–1546
- Peter II of MoldaviaPrince of Moldavia1350–1391
- Petru IosubRomanian rowerborn 1961
- Petru MaiorRomanian writer (1756 –1821)
- Petru DumitriuRomanian writer (1924–2002)
- Peter the YoungerRuler of Wallachia1547–1569
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Petru, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Pedru
“stone, rock”
>99% boys
Peleus
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Petreius
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Pantsu
Pantsu is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.
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Péricles
“far-famed”
>99% boys
Petković
Petković is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
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Pentecoste
Pentecoste is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
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Pierrot
“as solid and strong as a rock”
96% boys · 4% girls