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Petra

Greek
"rock, stone"
Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Petra Origin and Meaning

The name Petra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "rock, stone".

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.

# 987 in the US

Petra Rank in US Top 1000

# 488 on Nameberry

Petra Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Petra

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Famous People Named Petra

  • 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

The name 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

International Variations of the name Petra

  • Peitra
    Spanish
  • Petronella
    Greek
  • Peta
    Spanish
  • Petrina
    Greek
  • Pierrette
    French
  • Pietra
    Italian
  • Perrine
    Greek
  • Petenka
    Russian
  • Pierra
    French
  • Petrine
    Danish
  • Pétronille
    French
  • Petrini
    Greek
  • Peti
    Slavic
  • Piera
    Italian
  • Petronila
    Spanish
  • Petya
    Russian
  • Petronela
    Polish
  • Petrona
    Spanish
  • Pierina
    French
  • Petronelle
    Greek
  • Peterke
    Slavic
  • Pedrine
    Danish