Petro

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Piotr in PL Poland, US United States, BR Brazil and 6 more, Петр in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 3 more, Petar in BG Bulgaria, HR Croatia, RS Serbia and 2 more and Peter in SK Slovakia, SI Slovenia, CH Switzerland and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Petro is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name85K records spelled Petro10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Tanzania, South Africa, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Petró, Petrò, Petro'

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Petro4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, United States, India, Russia

  Also written Petrò, Pétro, Petró

• Hindi given name1.5K records spelled Petro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, South Africa, India, Ukraine

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Petró

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.5K records spelled Petro8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, South Africa, Tanzania

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Petró

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Petro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., seltene norwegische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Lithuanian, genitive singular of Pẽtras (“Peter”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain origin, chiefly associated with fierceness or aggression.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Peter

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swahili, Peter (either of the two books in the New Testament)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 24 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachnyib. 1582UAHetman of Ukrainian Cossacks
• Pyotr Stolyarskyb. 1871UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian music educator (1871-1944)
• Pyotr Koshevoyb. 1904UAnot in their usual nameSoviet military commander (1905-1976)
• Petro Hryhorenkob. 1907USUkrainian soviet dissident, general (1907–1987)
• Petro Shelestb. 1908RUUkrainian politician (1908-1996)
• Petro Markob. 1913ALAlbanian writer (1913–1991)
• Petro Vlahosb. 1916USAmerican cinema pioneer (1916-2013)
• Pyotr Klimukb. 1942RUnot in their usual nameSoviet cosmonaut
• Petro Symonenkob. 1952UAUkrainian politician
• Petro Poroshenkob. 1965UAPresident of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 222 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Petro?

We estimate roughly 2.3 million people bear Petro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 18 countries in our records.

In which country does Petro have the most bearers?

Petro is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled петр.

Where is Petro most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Petro is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 20 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Petro compared with other names?

In Russia, Petro is the 63rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Petro a male or female name?

Petro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Petro mean?

Recorded meaning: variante arcaica e regional de Pietro; às vezes forma reduzida de De Petro.