Petrus

Gender:
Origin: Greek
494 famous people named Petrus found on Wikipedia.
5 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 13687-th in year 2012
Best ranking: 13687-th in year 2012
Used in: Biblical, Dutch, German

Meanings

Petrus is a Latin name derived from the Greek meaning "rock", and is the common English prefix "petro-" used to describe rock-based substances, like petros-oleum or "rock oil." As the source of Peter, it is a common name for people from antiquity through the medieval era. In the Netherlands and South Africa it remained a a very common given name, though in daily life, many use less formal forms like Peter, Pierre, Piet and Pieter.

Latin form of Peter: rock, stone.

Famous People: 494 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Petrus Gonsalvus 1537 French courtier
2 Petrus R Golose 1965
3 Jacob Petrus 1976 Spanish television presenter
4 Petrus Christus 1410 Flemish painter
5 Petrus Ramus 1515 French philosopher
6 Petrus Plancius 1552 Dutch astronomer and cartographer
7 Mitch Petrus 1987 Player of American football
8 Petrus du Plessis 1981 British rugby league player
9 Petrus Camper 1722 Dutch scientist
10 Petrus Alphonsi 1062 Spanish writer, astronomer
11 Petrus Apianus 1495 German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer
12 Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt 1240 Early investigator of magnetism
13 Jacques Fred Petrus 1948 French-Italian music executive
14 Lars Petrus 1960 Swedish speedcuber
15 Petrus Boumal 1993 Cameroonian footballer
16 Petrus van Schendel 1806 Painter
17 Petrus Kähkönen 1987 Finnish actor
18 Petrus Aureolus 1280 French philosopher
19 Petrus de Cruce 1300 Cleric and composer
20 Petrus Comestor 1100 French theologian
21 Petrus Bonus 1417
22 Petrus de Ibernia Irish philosopher
23 Petrus van der Aa 1530 Flemish jurist
24 Petrus Johannes Waardenburg 1886 Dutch ophthalmologist
25 Petrus Borel 1809 French writer of the Romantic movement
26 Petrus Agung Purnomo
27 Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder 1906 Dutch missionary
28 Petrus Van der Velden 1837 Artist, painter
29 Petrus Dahlin 1964
30 Petrus Hugo 1917 South African flying ace of the Second World War
31 Petrus Cunaeus 1586 Pen name of the Dutch Christian scholar Peter van der Kun
32 Petrus Gyllius 1490 French philosopher
33 Petrus Palmu
34 Petrus Särkilahti Finnish scientist
35 Petrus Ceelen 1943
36 Petrus Ryff 1552 Swiss scientist
37 Petrus Forestus 1521 Dutch classical scholar
38 Petrus Jacobus Kipp 1808 Dutch pharmacologist
39 Petrus Legge 1882 Catholic Bishop of Meissen
40 Petrus Bertius 1565 Flemish theologian and scientist
41 Petrus Scriverius 1576 Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium
42 Henricus Petrus 1508
43 Petrus Johannes Witteman 1892 Dutch politician
44 Petrus Tillaeus 1679 Swedish cartographer
45 Jérémie Petrus 1988 Belgian actor
46 Petrus Shitembi Namibian footballer
47 Petrus Morinus 1531 French Biblical scholar
48 Pètrus Akkordéon 1971 German artist and graphic designer
49 Petrus Codde 1648 First Old Catholic bishop
50 P. K. Ojong 1920 Indonesian newspaper founder
51 Petrus Schaesberg 1967 Art historian, artist, editor, and teacher
52 Petrus A. Christensen 1992 Norwegian actor
53 Petrus Albertus van der Parra 1714 Dutch colonial governor
54 Petrus Iilonga 1947 Namibian politician
55 Petrus Johannes Blok 1855 Dutch historian
56 Petrus Pavlicek 1902
57 Petrus Canisius van Lierde 1907 Catholic bishop
58 Petrus van Mastricht 1630 Reformed theologian
59 Petrus Wandrey 1939 German artist
60 Petrus Peckius the Younger 1562 Diplomat
61 Petrus Beukers 1899 Sailor
62 Petrus de Dacia 1300 Danish mathematician and astronomer
63 Petrus de Domarto 1401 Franco-Flemish musician
64 Petrus Riga 1140 French poet
65 Petrus Dathenus 1531 Dutch Calvinist theologian
66 Petrus Thaborita 1450 Dutch writer and historian
67 Priest Petrus Priest who built Basilica of Saint Sabina in Rome
68 Petrus Astronomus Swedish monk and astronomer
69 Anna Petrus 1886 Swedish sculptor
70 Peter Joseph Triest 1760 Priest
71 Petrus Brovka 1905 Soviet poet
72 Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp 1786 Dutch classical scholar
73 Petrus Kenicius 1555 Swedish archbishop
74 Petrus Moors 1906 Dutch theologian and priest
75 Petr Herbert 1533 German theologian
76 Petrus Kastenman 1924 Equestrian
77 Petrus de Natalibus 1330 Bishop and author of a collection of lives of the saints
78 Petrus Ferrandi Hispanus
79 Petrus Zwicker 1400
80 Petrus Bosman 1928
81 Petrus Vuyst 1691 Dutch colonial administrator
82 Petrus Peckius the Elder 1529 Jurist and one of the first to write about international maritime law
83 Petrus Læstadius 1802 Swedish priest
84 Petrus Mosellanus 1493 German scholar
85 Petrus Mangold 1889 German priest
86 Petrus Lotichius Secundus 1528 German Neo-Latin Poet
87 Petrus Damaseb 1962 Namibian judge
88 Petrus Albinus 1543 German professor, father of Saxon historiography
89 Petrus Siculus Byzantine diplomat
90 Petrus Kaseke 1942
91 Petrus Oellibrandt 1935 Cyclist
92 Petrus Regout 1801 Dutch politician
93 Petrus Kirstenius 1577 German physicain and orientalist
94 Petrus Petri Architect
95 Petrus Han 2000 German university teacher
96 Petrus Johannes Schotel 1808 Painter from the Northern Netherlands
97 Petrus Johann du Toit 1888 South African scientist
98 Petrus Martinez de Osma Philosopher
99 Petrus Tun 1936 Vice Presedint of the federated States of Micronesia
100 Petrus Kiers 1807 Painter from the Northern Netherlands
101 Petrus Torkilsson Swedish archbishop
102 Petrus Hauman 1987 Rugby union player
103 Petrus Serrarius 1600 Dutch theologian
104 Petrus Maufer French printer
105 Petrus Gudelinus 1550 Belgian jurist
106 Petrus Wijtse Winkel 1909 Dutch colonial administrator
107 Petrus Filipsson Roman Catholic archbishop
108 Petrus Tritonius 1465
109 Petrus Crassus 11th-century Italian jurist
110 Petrus Hopmans 1865 Dutch priest (1865-1951)
111 Petrus Compton Foreign minister
112 Peter Pustet 1764 German priest
113 Petrus Jacobs 1910 South African general
114 Petrus Hofstede de Groot 1802 Dutch theologian
115 Peter Vietz 1519 German theologian
116 Petrus Houttuyn 1648 Dutch botanist
117 Petrus 1200 Roman Catholic archbishop of Uppsala
118 Petrus Höhensteiger 1963 German priest
119 Petrus Van Theemsche 1915 Cyclist
120 Petrus Ngebo 1984 Footballer
121 Lotto Petrus 1987 Namibian bicycle racer
122 Brent Petrus 1975 American football player
123 Petrus Matthias Snickers 1816 Catholic bishop
124 Petrus de Monte Libano
125 Petrus Michaelis Fecht Swedish theologian
126 Peter Bestenbostel 1572 German linguist
127 Petrus de Mladoniovicz 1390 Czech science writer
128 Petrus Hötzl 1836 German priest
129 Petrus Jeftha 1987 South African cricketer
130 Petrus Fontelius 1622 Swedish politician
131 Petrus Albertus Kasteel 1901 Dutch journalist
132 Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois 1843 Dutch mayor
133 Petrus Pennanen
134 Petrus Steigenberger 1933 Austrian priest
135 Petrus Francius 1645
136 Petrus Let 1949 Austrian author
137 Petrus Schloemp 1931 German cinematographer and actor
138 Petrus Bartels 1832 German theologian
139 Petrus Pachius 1579
140 Petrus Rostandy 1942
141 Petrus Dasypodius 1495 Swiss humanist
142 Petrus Borne 1910 German abbot (1910-1976)
143 Petrus von Hatzfeld 1748 German abbot
144 Petrus Fokkes Tammens 1898 Dutch politician
145 Petrus Follingius Finnish bishop
146 Petrus Johannes Truter 1747
147 Petrus Johannes Houtzagers 1857 Dutch architect
148 Petrus Gaszowiec
149 Petrus Johannes van Regemorter 1755 Flemish painter
150 Petrus Klotz 1878 Austrian priest and author
151 Petrus Haraseb 1968 Namibian footballer
152 Petrus Franciscus Greive 1811 Painter from the Northern Netherlands
153 Petrus Augustus de Genestet 1829 Dutch writer
154 Michael Petrus 1986 Czech illustrator and comics painter
155 Peter Swawe 1496 German author and theologian
156 Petrus Andreas van Meeuwen 1772 Dutch politician
157 Petrus Nicolaas Gagini 1745 Swiss draughtsperson
158 Petrus Calaminus 1556 German theologian
159 Petrus Gavrila 1988 Romanian canoeist
160 Petrus Medmann 1507 German politician
161 Petrus Thys 1933 Belgian politician
162 Petrus Vulcanius 1503 Humanist and Procurator of the Great Council of Mechelen
163 Petrus Abresch 1736 Dutch author, theologian and university professor
164 Petrus Ua Mórda Bishop of Clonfert
165 David Petrus 1987 Czech soccer player
166 Peter Laurentius Wockenfuss 1675
167 Petrus Johannes Izaak de Fremery 1797
168 Petrus Johannis Gothus 1536 Swedish writer and translator
169 Petrus Loosjes 1735 19th century poet and writer from the northern Netherlands
170 Petrus Vander Borcht 1676 Writer, 1676-1739
171 Petrus Paganus 1532 German author
172 Petrus Jacobus Ligtvoet 1921
173 Petrus Wesseling 1692 German librarian, law librarian and writer
174 Petrus Wesenbec 1546
175 Petrus Wittewrongel 1609
176 Petrus Lotichius 1501
177 Pietro Cirneo 1447 French historian
178 Petrus Haedus 1427 Italian writer
179 Benny Petrus 1956
180 Petrus Breitenbach 1987
181 Petrus Guérin du Rocher 1731 French Jesuit
182 Petrus Olai
183 Petrus Abraham Samuel van Limburg Brouwer 1829
184 Petrus Bodenheim 1700
185 Pieter Nanninck 1500 Dutch poet and humanist
186 Petrus Brask 1650
187 Petrus van Rhijn 1931 Dutch association football player
188 Petrus Marinus Cochius 1874 Dutch art collector
189 Petrus Dieleman 1873 Dutch politician
190 Petrus Sylvius 1470 German catholic priest (1470-1547)
191 Petrus Gobbels 1782
192 Petrus de Canaberiis
193 Petrus Lucius 1590 German typographer
194 Petrus Federici 1571
195 Petrus Hermanus Schrijvers 1939 Dutch translator, writer and university professor
196 Petrus Jozef de Caters 1769
197 Petrus Johannes van Swinderen 1842 Dutch lawyer
198 Petrus Stornebrink 1853 Dutch architect
199 Petrus Josephus de Sonnaville 1830
200 Petrus Klausener 1782 German abbot (1782-1850)