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Basque
Etymology
From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Petri anim
- Peter (biblical character)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- Synonyms: Peru, Kepa (neologism)
Declension
Declension of Petri (animate, ending in vowel)
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Originally an eastern Finnish variant of Pietari (“Peter”) via Russian Пётр (Pjotr).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Petri
- a male given name
1988, Erik W. Tawaststjerna, Jean Sibelius 5, Otava, →ISBN, page 261:Nyt Katarina tiedusteli äidiltään mikä pantaisiin lapsen nimeksi - hän itse tuntui olevan Petrin kannalla. Ainon vastaus heijastelee hänen karelianistis-kosmopoliittista näkökantaansa:
"Petri Ilves tosin on vähän etnografi-kaikuinen ja tuo mieleeni Gallénin sankareita koskien partailta helmiset virsut tai kiiluvat sukset jalassa. ( - - - ) "- Now Katarina inquired her mother on what the child should be named. She herself seemed to think Petri was the one. Aino's response is a reflection of her Karelianistic-cosmopolitan world view:
"Petri Ilves sounds a bit like an ethnographer and reminds me of Gallén's heroes, from by the rapids, wearing their pearly birchbark shoes or gleaming skis."
1974, Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, →ISBN, pages 449–450:—Mä olen keksiny sen, Leila huusi riemuissaan ja taputti käsiään.
—Minkä?
—Nimen! Nyt sillä on nimi.
—Mikä? Reiska kysyi epäillen.
—Petri. Mä löysin sen just.
—Petri, Reiska sanoi ja maisteli nimeä. Se ei sanonut mitään, ei puoleen eikä toiseen. Ei sitä ainakaan voinut vääntää.
—Mikäs siinä, olkoon Petri.
—Petri se sitten on. Mitä äidin pikku Petri.- —I got it, Leila cried in joy, clapping her hands.
—Got what?
—The name! I know the name now.
—What is it? Reiska asked with suspicion.
—Petri. I just came up with it.
—Petri, Reiska said, testing the name. It didn't feel like anything, not one way or another. It couldn't be turned into anything else.
—Alright, Petri is fine.
—Petri it is. Mom's little Petri.
Declension
Statistics
- Petri is the 20th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 23,948 male individuals (and as a middle name to 12,660 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Petri
- (archaic) genitive singular of Petrus
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Petrī
- inflection of Petrus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian Petri.
Proper noun
Petri m (genitive/dative lui Petri)
- a surname from Hungarian
References
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică