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Petros

What does Petros mean?

Petros Pronunciation of Petros as a boys' name is of Greek derivation, and the name Petros means "rock". Petros is an alternate form of Peter (Greek): form of Petros. See also Parnell

STARTS WITH Pe-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, rock

Variations

RELATIONS VIA PETER Boutros, Pedro, Per, Petar, Pete, Peterson, Petr, Petre, Petrov, Piero, Pietro

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Petros Cain (P.C.), ..

How popular is Petros?

Petros is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#23922 out of 150436, Top 16%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Peter (#211 IN 2018), Pedro (#391), Parnell, Per, Pete and Pietro are the prominent alternative forms of Petros (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) ranked in the Top 2000. These forms of Petros were favored as baby names 68 years ago (MEDIAN #1106) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1433, DOWN 74%), with versions such as Pete becoming somewhat outmoded. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



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

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

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Aeolos, Ambros, Andros, Athos, Cletos, Delios, Delos, Demos, Eros, Ikaros, Kletos, Pablos, Paris, Parks, Parris, Paton, Patric, Patrik, Patryk, Pats, Patton, Paulos, Pearce, Pearcy, Pears, Pearson, Pedrio (see Pedro), Peer, Peerce, Peirce, Perce, Percy, Perez, Perl, Perrie, Perrin, Perry, Person, Persons, Petuel, Peyton, Piers, Ponthos, Porthos, Spiros, Spyros, Titos, Xenos, Zenios and Zenos. These names tend to be more frequently used than Petros.

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