Forename Petru

All around the world, Petru (Petru , Петру , بيترو ) is a common masculine forename. The forename Petru is habitual in Moldova, where it is a common boy's name, Romania, and Aland Islands, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Romania, Moldova, and Italy. Very seldom, Petru is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Petru

name Péter, name Pjeter, name Piero, name Bedros, name Piters, name Πέτρου, name Pjotr, name Pjetur, name Petrú, name Pjetër, name Petteri, name Per, name Petri, name Peetu, name بيترو, name Peeter, name Pedru, name Pétur, name Petelo, name Pyotr, name Piet, name Петру, name Pieter, name Pedro, name Petur, name Petko, name Pierre, name Piatro, name Petrescu, name Peru, name Petrů, name Πέτρος, name Petros, name Pēteris, name Petr, name Pero, name Peters, name Petrus, name Père, name Pietro, name Pétru, name Peer, name Peder, name Pere, name Pietari, name Petter, name Petar, name Petro, name Πέτρα, name Peter, name Piotr, name Petru, name Petras, name Petrù

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Petru	Romania, Moldova, Spain, Italy, Czechia
Петру	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
بيترو	Libya, Jordan, Iraq, Palestinian Territory
Πέτρου	Greece

First names said to be same

Bedros, Peder, Pedro, Pedru, Peer, Peeter, Peetu, Per, Pere, Pero, Peru, Petar, Petelo, Peter, Peters, Petko, Petr, Petras, Petrescu, Petri, Petro, Petros, Petrus, Petrù, Petrú, Petrů, Petter, Petteri, Petur, Piatro, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pietari, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Piters, Pjeter, Pjetur, Pjetër, Pjotr, Pyotr, Père, Péter, Pétru, Pétur, Pēteris, Πέτρα, Πέτρος,

First name Petru in the context

Petru is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pietro Gonnella , the Italian court jester at the House of Este court in Ferrara(1390-1441); Quicksilver , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Deadpool 2; Pietro Maximoff , the fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron; Pietro Bosco , the fictional character from the Italian TV show 1992 and Simone Torres , the soap opera character, All My Children, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	petru al ii-lea Prince of Moldavia (b. 1350)
	petru al iii-lea aron Prince of Moldavia (b. 1422)
	petru iii of moldavia Ruler of Moldavia (b. 1422)
	petru rareș voievod of Moldavia, RO (b. 1487)
	petru șchiopul Prince of Moldavia from June 1574 to 23 November 1577, IT (b. 1537)
	petru cel tânăr Ruler of Wallachia, RO (b. 1547)
	petru cazacul Prince of Moldavia between August 1592 and 25 October 1592 (b. 1505)
	petru cercel Voivode of Wallachia, RO (b. 1556)
	petru movilă Metroploitan of Kyiv, Halych and All-Rus, RO (b. 1596)
	petru fudduni Sicilian writer, IT (b. 1600)
	petru pavel aron Romanian Greek Catholic Bishop of Făgăraș (1709-1764), RO (b. 1709)
	petru maior Romanian writer (1756-1821), RO (b. 1756)
	petru dobra (b. 1817)
	petru grădișteanu Romanian politician, RO (b. 1839)
	petru poni Romanian chemist (1841-1925), RO (b. 1841)