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Petra

What does Petra mean?

Petra Pronunciation of Petra as a girls' name is pronounced PEH-trah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Petra is "rock". Feminine variant of Peter. Pier is used as a girl's name due to the 1950s actress Pier Angeli. Peta is a Dutch form.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Pe-, -ra

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, rock

Variations

VARIANTS Pella, Pernilla, Pernille, Perrine, Pet, Peta, Peterina, Peternella, Petria, Petrina, Petrine, Petronela, Petronella, Petronelle, Petronia, Petronija, Petronilla, Petronille, Petrova, Petrovna, Pier, Piera, Pierette, Pierrette, Pietra

SEE ALSO Perri

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Pertra, ..

(male) Peton, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Petra Taya (P.T.), ..

How popular is Petra?

Petra is a very popular first name for women (#621 out of 4276, Top 15%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#61855 out of 150436, Top 41%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Petra reached its apex rank of #522 in the U.S. in the 1920s, and is at #1527 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Petra name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Petra outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Petra (#1527 VIA LATEST LIST) are Perri, Peter, Petrina and Petronella. These forms of Petra were at the peak of their popularity in the 1920s (USAGE OF 0.02%) and are somewhat less popular today (USAGE 0.01%, 50% LESS).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Petra, Perri, Peter, Petrina, Petronella in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Petra and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Astra, Bera, Ceara, Cedra, Ceira, Cera, Debra, Dedra, Deetra, Deitra, Deora, Devra, Dextra, Fedra, Hera, Jethra, Keara, Keera, Keira, Kera, Kerra, Ketura, Kitra, Legra, Leora, Meara, Meera, Meira, Mera, Mitra, Nedra, Neera, Nera, Pearl, Pearla, Pelia, Penna, Pepa, Pera, Perah, Peri, Perl, Perla, Perran, Perry, Petula, Phedra, Seara, Sebra, Sera, Teara, Tedra, Tera, Terra, Veera, Veira, Vera and Yeira. These names tend to be less commonly used than Petra.

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