Forename Petros

All over the world, Petros (Petros , Петрос , Πέτρος ) is a widespread boy's given name. The given name Petros is characteristic of Greece, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Cyprus, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Georgia (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Greece, South Africa, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Petros is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Petros is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Petros

name Petter, name Πετρος, name Peters, name Peder, name Petelo, name Pēteris, name Pedru, name Петрос, name Πέτρος, name Petri, name Pedro, name Petrô, name Pierre, name Piero, name Petrós, name П'Ер, name Πέτρου, name Pétur, name Pjotr, name Pieter, name Petru, name Peer, name Pjetër, name Piatro, name Pětroš, name Bedros, name Peter, name Petur, name Petras, name Piotr, name Pjeter, name Petteri, name Pyotr, name Petro, name Petros, name Per, name Pere, name Pjetur, name Педер, name Père, name П'Єр, name Piet, name Peeter, name Petar, name Pètros, name Petko, name Peru, name Péter, name Pero, name Petr, name Piters, name Pietro, name Petrus

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Petros	Ethiopia, Greece, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cyprus
Петрос	Bulgaria, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia
Πέτρος	Greece

First names said to be same

Bedros, Peder, Pedro, Pedru, Peer, Peeter, Per, Pere, Pero, Peru, Petar, Petelo, Peter, Peters, Petko, Petr, Petras, Petri, Petro, Petru, Petrus, Petrós, Petrô, Petter, Petteri, Petur, Piatro, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Piters, Pjeter, Pjetur, Pjetër, Pjotr, Pyotr, Père, Pètros, Péter, Pétur, Pēteris, Pětroš, Πέτρου, Πετρος, П'Ер, П'Єр, Педер,

First name Petros in the context

Petros is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Petros Floris , the theatrical character in the play "Trisevgeni"; Petros Morelis , the theatrical character in the play "A knight in our time"; Petros Chalkis , the theatrical character in the play "The great moment"; Petros Papapetrou, , the theatrical character in the play "I Am Not Me or The Logic" and Petros Partas , the theatrical character in the play "Maecenas", among other works.

Notable namesakes

	petros sikeliotes Byzantine writer (b. 850)
	petros bereketis Greek-Orthodox composer and teacher, phanariot, TR (b. 1680)
	petros agamalean AZ (b. 1720)
	petros schilizzi (born 1735) (b. 1735)
	petros mengous Author, professor, military personnel, TR (b. 1802)
	petros ioannēs TR (b. 1814)
	petros shanshyan GE (b. 1819)
	agha petros Assyrian military leader, FR (b. 1880)
	petros christou MK (b. 1887)
	petros n. papageorgiu (1859-1914) (b. 1859)
	petros s. phōtiadēs (b. 1856)
	petros galfayan Armenian cultural figure, journalist, TR (b. 1868)
	petros malayan Armenian painter (1927-1997), AZ (b. 1927)
	petros klados Greek Army officer (b. 1879)
	petros koulaxidis executed Greek serial killer (b. 1880)