Petrus name meaning

Gender: Boy
Origin: Greek and Old Greek
Usage: English, Faroese, Old Norse, Greenlandic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian
Meaning: Stone and Rock
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What does Petrus mean?

Meaning of Petrus is Stone or Rock is used largely in Finnish, Swedish, Old Norse, Faroese, Greenlandic, Danish, Norwegian and English and of Old Greek and Greek origin is a boy name .

Petrus is form of loved stone. New-fangled and Queer stone is used largely in English, stone means "Stone" is of English origin. Petrus is derivative of Peter. Peter is variation of Pétr.

Also Peter is variant form of Päter. Peter is equivalent of Petrus in Swedish language. Also Peter is equivalent of Petrus, Which is Peter in German language. Peter's meaning is The Rock, The Stone and River is originated from Old Greek and Latin.

Petrus is Latin form of Greek Πέτρος = Stone, Rock. The name is celebrated on June 29th.

Variants of Petrus

Petri, Petros, Petiri, Petra, Petru, Patra, Pernilla, Pella

Names that rhyme with Petrus

How popular is the name Petrus?

Petrus is a unique baby name in France, it had been in use since 1900 and was last seen in 2007, during its 46 years of usage, it was able to reach the top 300 names.

In 1900, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 205 on boy names chart when 48 babies were named Petrus. Over 881 people have been named Petrus in France. Petrus is a rare baby name in United States where it is still in use and also in England and Wales.

However things change on global perspective, Petrus is extremely popular in South Africa where every 1 in 500 have the name. Also the baby name is popular in Indonesia, Namibia and Papua New Guinea.

As per our findings, over 260000 babies have been bestowed Petrus around the globe.

YearRankBirths
2012122415

Facts

Petrus in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands86488156817123982
Finland142134850
Sweden554115012-2
Norway105812-2
Denmark370120

Numerological analysis of Petrus

You are a risk taker because you know that in order to get something, you need to give something in return. You are an amazing person. Seeking for a higher purpose makes everything seem senseless and not worth your time and effort. You want to be surrounded with self-confident people who choose to work on success over complaining, talking about great things over gossiping, and solitude over you sometimes.

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  •  Elio - Well-Known boy name Elio has origin in Old Greek, Old French and Hebrew, meaning of Elio is "Sun, Gift of the Sun or God is My Salvation" is used prevalently in Italian, Danish and Greenlandic
  •  Christoher - Curious boy name Christoher came from Old Greek, Christoher means "Christ-bearer, Bearer of Christ and To Carry". Christoher is derived from Christopher.
  •  Parkinson means Son of Parkin is of Old Greek origin and is prevalently used in English is used as a baby boy name
  •  Théau - Théau's meaning is God came from Greek
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Famous people named Petrus

  • Petrus Ramus, influential French humanist, logician
  • Petrus Plancius, Dutch-Flemish astronomer
  • Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch classical scholar and critic
  • Petrus Apianus, German humanist, known for his works
  • Petrus van der Aa, Brabantine jurist
  • Petrus Särkilahti, Finnish student of Martin Luther and one of the early pioneers of teaching science
  • Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium
  • Petrus Borel, French writer of the Romantic movement
  • Petrus Hofstede de Groot, Dutch theologian, was born at Leer
  • Petrus Matthias Snickers, Snickers was named Bishop of Haarlem and consecrated on 2 September 1877 at Haarlem Cathedral
  • Petrus Christus, Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges
  • Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, 13th-century French scholar
  • Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher and theologian
  • Petrus Comestor, twelfth-century French theological writer and university administrator
  • Petrus Houttuyn, Dutch botanist and medical professor of medicine and botany at Leiden University
  • Petrus Gyllius, French natural scientist
  • Petrus Alphonsi, Jewish Spanish physician, writer, astronomer
  • Petrus Kirstenius, physician and orientalist
  • Petrus de Natalibus, Italian bishop and the author of a collection of lives of the saints
  • Petrus de Domarto, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
  • Petrus Mosellanus, German humanist scholar
  • Petrus Haedus, also known as Pietro Cavretto
  • Petrus Riga, French poet
  • Petrus Thaborita, Frisian monk, historian and writer
  • Petrus Serrarius, Dutch millenarian theologian
  • Petrus Filipsson, was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden
  • Petrus Torkilsson, was Bishop of Linköping
  • Petrus Kenicius, was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden
  • Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife
  • Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language
  • Petrus Kanisius Ojong, was born in Bukittinggi on July 25, 1920
  • Petrus Jacobs, South African military commander
  • Petrus Ngebo, deadly striker with an eye for goal
  • Petrus Beukers, sailor from the Netherlands,
  • Petrus Van der Velden, Dutch artist
  • Petrus du Plessis in Gatwick Gangsters as Actor
  • Petrus Bonus Lombardus was a 14th-century physician in Ferrara, and a writer on alchemy.
  • Petrus Cariry directed the movie The Grain

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