Given name & surname
Petrus
“as solid and strong as a rock”
In Swedish use, Petrus has a related form in Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Petrus has a related form in Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Petrus has a related form in Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Indonesian usage, Petrus developed from Πέτρος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Petrus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 514 as a first name in 2020; 1,663 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.
Petrus’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Petrus developed from the Ancient Greek form Πέτρος. In Swedish usage, Petrus has a related form in Peter. In Latin usage, Petrus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Petrus has relatives in 39 languages.
32 related names in 39 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 49
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Pedroderivative · Spanish, Tagalog
- Pierredescendant · Middle French, French
- Pietrodescendant · Italian
- Pierodescendant · Italian
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- Pieterderivative · Dutch, Afrikaans
- Piersderivative · English
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- Petroequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- PiotrPolish
- PetrCzech
- Peruequivalent
- Kepaequivalent
- PetterSwedish, Norwegian
- PederNorwegian, Danish
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- ПётрRussian
- SkałoszPolish
- Peddyrderivative · Manx
- Piëderivative · Limburgish
- Feorasderivative · Irish
- Beedherderivative · yol
- Pèirederivative · Occitan
- Pieridescendant · Friulian
- Petrasborrowing · Lithuanian
- Pedrudescendant · Asturian
- Pæturderivative · Faroese
- Petteriderivative · izh
- Petriderivative · Basque
- Peturderivative · Faroese
- Peadarderivative · Scottish Gaelic, Irish
- Pedrderivative · Welsh
- Peredescendant · Catalan
- Peeterequivalent
- Petruequivalent
- PēterisLatvian
- Πέτροςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Petrus
- Peter DebyeDutch-American physicist and physical chemist (1884–1966)
- Petrus ApianusGerman astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (1495-1552)
- Pieter van MusschenbroekDutch naturalist (1692–1761)
- Petrus ChristusFlemish painter (c.1410-1475)
- Petrus PlanciusDutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman1522–1622
- Petrus CamperDutch scientist (1722-1789)
- Petrus GonsalvusSpanish-born French courtier1537–1618
- Pieter Willem KorthalsDutch botanist (1807–1892)
- Petrus BorelFrench writer of the Romantic movement (1809-1859)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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