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Petr

What does Petr mean?

Petr Pronunciation of Petr as a name for boys has its root in Greek, and the name Petr means "rock". Petr is an alternate spelling of Peter (Greek): version of Petros.

STARTS WITH Pe-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, rock

Variations

VARIANTS Pyotr, Piotr

RELATIONS VIA PETER Par, Peder, Pedro, Pekka, Per, Petar, Pete, Petre, Petros, Petrov, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Petr Decker (P.D.), ..

How popular is Petr?

Petr is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#58257 out of 150436, Top 39%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Petr (NOT IN TOP 2000) are Pedro (#391 IN 2018), Per, Pete, Peter (#211), Pierre (#1050) and Pietro. Other forms, like Petrov, are uncommon. Usage of these forms of Petr was at its most widespread 68 years ago (USAGE OF 0.57%) and is now much diminished (USAGE 0.16%, 73%), with forms like Peter becoming less trendy. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pedro, Pete, Peter, Pierre, Pietro in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Per, Peter outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Parr, Pat, Pats, Peak, Peal, Pears, Peel, Peer, Pell, Pen, Penn, Pepe, Perl, Perry and Pitt. These names tend to be more frequently used than Petr.

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