Petra is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of

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, which is derived from the Greek word "πέτρα" () meaning "stone, rock". It is also a common first name in

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-speaking countries, the

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, Macedonia,

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Name day

June 29 is the

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of Peter and Petra. October 2 is the name day of Petra in Hungary.

Variants

* Bulgarian: Петра (Petra), Петранка (Petranka), Петруна (Petruna), Петя (Petya), Пена (Pena), Пенка (Penka), Пейка (Peyka, female variant of Peyo), Петка (Petka, could also be derived from the

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

word for Friday (Петък)) *Slovak: Peťka, Peťa, Peti, Peťuš, Peťuška, Peťuša, Petruška, Peťula, Peťulka, Peťulik, Peťuli * Czech: Petruš, Petruška, Péťa, Pétina, Pétis * French: Perette,

Pierrette A Pierrette is, in the theatre, a female Pierrot Pierrette may also refer to: * Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758–1836), French chemist, and wife of Antoine Lavoisier *Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish–Romanian activist in the French Resistanc ...

, Pierrine * Frisian: Peekje, Pietje, Pierke, Pierkje, Piertje, Peterke, Petje, Petke, Pieterke * German: Peti, Petrina, Petrine,

Pezi Pazik ( fa, پزيك, also Romanized as Pazīk; also known as Pazī and Pezī) is a village in Chaybasar-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Poldasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isla ...

Petzi ''Rasmus Klump'' (translates to ''Rasmus Lump'' or ''Erasmus Lump'') is a Danish comic strip series for children created in 1951 by the Danish wife-and-husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. The series was translated into a number of foreign lang ...

, Pedi * Greek: Πετρούλα (Petroula) * Italian: Piera, Pierina * Macedonian: Петра (Petra), Петранка (Petranka)

Notable people with this given name

Notable people with this given name include: * Petra Bagust (born 1972), New Zealand television presenter *

Petra Barran Petra Barran is a British entrepreneur and the founder of the London street food collective KERB. In 2005, Barran began her street food career selling chocolate out of an old ice cream van. As of 2019, KERB has five sites across London, which s ...

, British entrepreneur *

Petra Begerow Petra Begerow (born 14 April 1975 in Bad Kreuznach) is a former German professional tennis player. Career She reached her highest WTA singles ranking, 29, on 8 April 1996. She reached the second round of the French Open 4 times, 1994-1997. T ...

(born 1975), German tennis player * Petra Bockle (born 1995), Kenyan rapper *

Petra Burka Petra Burka (; born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach. She won the 1964 Olympic bronze medal in women's figure skating and the 1965 World championship in the sport. Personal life Petra Burka was bor ...

(born 1946), Canadian figure skater *

Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mar ...

(born 1985), Czech tennis player *

Petra Collins Petra Collins (born December 21, 1992) is a Canadian artist, director of photography, fashion model and actress who rose to prominence in the early 2010s. Her photography is characterized by a feminine, dreamlike feel, informed in part by a fema ...

(born 1992), Canadian photographer *

Petra Conti Petra Conti (born 1988) is an Italian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with Los Angeles Ballet. Conti was previously a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet. Before moving to the United States, Conti danced as a principal with La Scal ...

(born 1988), Italian ballerina *

Petra Döll Petra Döll is a German hydrologist whose work focuses on modeling global water resources. She is a professor of hydrology and researcher at the Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt. Early life and education Petra Döll ...

, German hydrologist *

Petra Ecclestone Petra Ecclestone (born 19 December 1988) is a British heiress, model, fashion designer and socialite. Early life Ecclestone was born in London as the younger daughter of former Armani model Slavica Radić and English Formula One billionaire ...

(born 1988), Croatian-English model and fashion designer, daughter of Bernie Ecclestone *

Petra Ekerum Petra Margareta Ekerum (born 1980) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many poli ...

(born 1980), Swedish politician * Petra Felke (born 1959), German athlete *

Petra Frey Petra Frey (born 27 June 1978, in Wattens), is an Austrian singer. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Frey released her debut album, ''Bloß Träume im Ko ...

(born 1978), Austrian singer *

Petra Haden Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American musician and singer. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and is the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to ...

(born 1971), American singer and violinist * Petra Kamstra (born 1974), Dutch former tennis player *

Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – 1 October 1992) was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and wo ...

(1947–1992), German politician *

Petra Kronberger Petra Kronberger (born 21 February 1969, in Pfarrwerfen) is an Austrian former alpine skier, who participated in all disciplines. She was the first female alpine skier to win in all five World Cup events. Career Kronberger entered the World ...

(born 1969), Austrian alpine skier * Petra Kusch-Lück (born 1948), German host and singer *

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and ...

(born 1990), Czech tennis player *

Petra Langrová Petra Píchalová Langrová (born 27 June 1970) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic. Langrová gained professional status in 1986. She won one singles title and five double titles in her career on the WTA Tour ...

(born 1970), Czech former tennis player * Petra Laseur (born 1939), Dutch actress *

Petra Levin Petra Anne Levin is an American microbiologist. She is a professor in the department of biology and co-director of the Plant and Microbial Biosciences Graduate Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Education and early career Levin gra ...

, American microbiologist *

Petra Mandula Petra Mandula (; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in singles, she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martíne ...

(born 1978), Hungarian tennis player *

Petra Markham Petra Mavis Markham (born 17 March 1944 in Prestbury, Cheshire) is a British theatre, television and film actress. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: actress Kika Markham, Sonia ...

(born 1944), British actress *

Petra Marklund Petra Linnea Paula Marklund (; born 12 September 1984), known also by her previous stage name September, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Marklund started recording in professional studios around the age of twelve, and f ...

(born 1984), Swedish singer, pseudo "September" *

Petra Majdič Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979) is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon (30 km race) in Trondh ...

(born 1979), Slovenian cross-country skier *

Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...

(born 1991), Croatian tennis player *

Petra Mede Petra Maria Mede (; born 7 March 1970) is a Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter. She was born in Stockholm, and grew up in Gothenburg. Mede is known for her several roles in comic shows and as a television presenter. She ...

(born 1970), Swedish comedian and television host *

Petra Morsbach Petra Morsbach (born 1 June 1956) is a German author. Life and career Morsbach was born in Zürich, but grew up in Germany. She studied at Munich University and Leningrad Theater Academy. Morsbach's first novel, ''Plötzlich ist es Abend'' (' ...

(born 1956), German author *

Petra Němcová Petra Němcová (; born 24 June 1979) is a Czech model, television host, and philanthropist who founded the ''Happy Hearts Fund''. In 2017, the ''Happy Hearts Fund'' merged with All Hands Volunteers to create All Hands And Hearts - Smart Respon ...

(born 1979), Czech mannequin and photo model *

Petra Pau Petra Pau (born 9 August 1963) is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006, she has also served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag, being the first member of her party to hold t ...

(born 1963), German politician *

Petra Pfaff Petra Pfaff (born 16 October 1960 in Hoyerswerda) is a retired East Germany, East German 400 metres hurdler. In 1980, a special edition of the 1980 World Championships in Athletics, World Championships was staged in Sittard, holding events not ...

(born 1960), German track and field hurdler * Petra Pinn (1881-1958), American nurse, hospital administrator *

Petra Rampre Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her career, she won eight singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On ...

(born 1980), Slovenian tennis player *

Petra Rossner Petra Rossner (born 14 November 1966) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the same event she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989. ...

(born 1966), German cyclist *

Petra Schmidt-Schaller Petra Schmidt-Schaller (born 28 August 1980) is a German actress. She is noted for the roles of ''Helene'' in '' Runaway Horse'' alongside Ulrich Noethen, Ulrich Tukur and Katja Riemann, and ''Maud Brewster'' in '' The Sea Wolf'' (2008 ProSieb ...

(born 1980), German actress *

Petra Schneider Petra Schneider (born 11 January 1963 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz) is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer ...

(born 1963), German swimmer *

Petra Schürmann Petra Schürmann-Freund (; 15 September 1933 – 14 January 2010) was a German actress, model, TV announcer and beauty queen who won Miss World 1956. Biography Schürmann won the 1956 Miss World contest, representing West Germany. ...

(1933–2010), German television host and actress * Petra Taylor, a character from British soap opera ''Brookside'' *

Petra van Staveren Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren (born 2 June 1966) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at the 1986 ...

(born 1966), Dutch swimmer *

Petra de Steur Petra Maria De Steur, also known as ''La Sakhra'' (born 20 June 1972 in Ghent) is a Belgian singer who has taken part in several Belgian National Finals for the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ...

(born 1972), Belgian singer also known as La Sakhra * Petra Văideanu (born 1965), Romanian heptathlete *

Petra Verkaik __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1989, the 35th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Fawna MacLaren (born December 18, 1965, ...

(born 1966), American model *

Petra Vlhová Petra Vlhová (born 13 June 1995) is a Slovak World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Vlhová won the World Cup overall title in 2021 and the gold medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics in the sl ...

(born 1995), Slovak alpine skier *

Petra Weis Petra Weis (born 28 December 1957) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party. She was Member of the German Bundestag for the Duisburg I constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district ...

(born 1957), German politician, member of the ''Bundestag'' *

Petra Wimbersky Petra Wimbersky (born 9 November 1982) is a former German football striker. After four years at FFC Frankfurt she returned to her former club Bayern Munich. She also plays for the German national team. She ended her career in 2012. Honours ...

(born 1982), German football player *

Petra Yared Petra Georgina Yared (born 18 January 1979) is an Australian actress. She has also been credited as Petra Jared. Early life Yared was born in Melbourne to Rick and Shelley, having an older sister, Sara, and younger brother, Nicholas. Yared is ...

(born 1979), Australian actress

Fictional characters

Petra (comics) Karen Page Paibok Doctor Paine Doctor Paine are two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Thaddeus Paine Dr. Thaddeus Paine, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared in ''Morbius the Living Vampir ...

, in Marvel Comics * Petra, in '' Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon'' * Petra, in the webcomic ''

Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy is a webcomic hosted on Comic Genesis, a free hosting provider for webcomics. It is drawn by Emily Snodgrass (Emi-chan) and written by Allison Brownlow (Tanzy), Karen Olympia (Kourin), and J. Baird (Xuanwu). It ...

'' * Petra, a character from '' Minecraft: Story Mode''. *

Petra Arkanian ''This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by to include characters from the First Formic War trilogy.'' This is a partial list of characters in the ''Ender's Game'' series. Wiggin family * Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is the prota ...

, in a book series by Orson Scott Card * Petra, a character from ''

Horizon Zero Dawn ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The plot follows Aloy, a young hunter in a world overrun by machines, who sets out to uncover her past. The ...

''. * Petra Andalee, the protagonist that appears in Blue Balliett's '' Chasing Vermeer'' and ''The Wright 3'' * Petra Johanna Lagerkvist, a character from the '' Arcana Heart'' video game series * Petra Leyte, a character from the ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' anime/light novel series *Petra Macneary, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' * Petra Ral, a character from the ''Attack On Titan'' anime series * Queen Petra of Siphnos, a queen from ''

Goddess of Yesterday ''Goddess of Yesterday'' is a 2002 novel by Caroline B. Cooney based on the Trojan War from Greek mythology. The book was nominated for the South Carolina Junior Book Award, and was a 2003 ALA Notable Children's Book for Older Readers Plot Anaxa ...

'' *Petra Solano, a character from TV series ''

Jane The Virgin ''Jane the Virgin'' is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan t ...

'' * Petra Strorm, in John Wyndham's novel ''

The Chrysalids ''The Chrysalids'' (United States title: ''Re-Birth'') is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best. A ...

'' * Petra Venj, the main story agent in the "House of Wolves" expansion from the video game ''

Destiny Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

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