Petra
About Petra
A strong Greek name with pan-European charm, Petra is a relatively recent feminization of Peter, though it relates back to an incredible ancient city in Jordan that was rediscovered in the early nineteenth century.
Currently among the most popular girl names in Croatia, Hungary, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petra ranked in the US Top 1000 every year from 1880 to 1951, reaching a high of #493 in 1929.
There have been Petras in two European film classics: Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. The most prominent Petra in recent years is gorgeous supermodel Petra Nemcova, who is also an international disaster relief activist. Petra is also the name of a famous Christian rock band.
As of October 2026, Petra ranked #1372 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #435 in 1894, Nameberry popularity #222.
Editor's take: The name Petra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rock, stone".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,518 | 145 | 81.2 |
| 2015 | #1,351 | 176 | 98.6 |
| 2016 | #1,463 | 158 | 89.2 |
| 2017 | #1,398 | 165 | 95.6 |
| 2018 | #1,516 | 144 | 84.7 |
| 2019 | #1,330 | 172 | 102.5 |
| 2020 | #1,278 | 175 | 108.3 |
| 2021 | #1,430 | 151 | 92 |
| 2022 | #1,536 | 140 | 85.4 |
| 2023 | #1,473 | 149 | 92.9 |
| 2024 | #1,486 | 147 | 90.7 |
| 2025 | #1,372 | 161 | 100.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Petras
- Petra Bagust
New Zealand TV presenter
- Petra Cetkovská
Czech tennis player
- Petra Collins
Canadian photographer and artist
- Petra Ecclestone
British,Croatian heiress and socialite
- Petra Haden
American violinist and singer
- Petra Kvitova
Czech tennis player
- Petra Martić
Croatian tennis player
- Petra Linnea Paula Marklund aka September
Swedish singer
- Petra Maria Mede
Swedish comedienne, dancer and TV host
- Petra Nemcova
Czech model
- Petra Schmidt
Schaller, German actress
- Petra Hildegard Elisabeth Schürmann
German actress, model; Miss World 1956
- Petra Charlotte Verkaik
American model
- Petra Yared
Australian actress
- Petra Lindgren
Swedish rhythmic gymnast
Petra in pop culture
- Petra
maid and confidante in Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music"
- Petra Arkanian
character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series.
- Petra Hoffman
minor character on Australian TV show "Dance Academy"
- Petra Taylor
character on British soap "Brookside"
- Petra Ral
fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga series "Attack On Titan"
- Petra Larsen
character on TV's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
- Petra Sutherland
character in "Incendiary" by Chris Cleave
- Petra Kronos
main character in the Kronos Chronicles series
- Petra Solano
character on The CW's "Jane The Virgin"
- Petra
character in the game "Minecraft Story Mode"
- Petra Pena
main character in book "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Variations & nicknames
- PeitraSpanish
- PetronellaGreek
- PetaSpanish
- PetrinaGreek
- PierretteFrench
- PietraItalian
- PerrineGreek
- PetenkaRussian
- PierraFrench
- PetrineDanish
- PétronilleFrench
- PetriniGreek
- PetiSlavic
- PieraItalian
- PetronilaSpanish
- PetyaRussian
- PetronelaPolish
- PetronaSpanish
- PierinaFrench
- PetronelleGreek
- PeterkeSlavic
- PedrineDanish