First name origin & meaning:
Latin: Rock, stone
First name variations: Pete, Petey, Pietor, Pytor, Petr, Pieter, Piotr, Pietro, Pedro, Pierre, Piers, Pierce, Peer, Pero, Piero, Peder, Per, Pelle, Peadair, Petrus, Peterson, Perrin, Perkin, Perkins, Parle, Parkin, Parkinson, Petrie, Petri, Petronio, Pierson, Péter, Petò, Petúr, Pyotr, Peter
Last name origin & meaning:
English (mainly Devon): from the medieval female personal name
Peronel, Pernel, Parnell, a vernacular form of
Latin Petronilla. This is a diminutive of Petronia,
feminine of Petronius, a Roman family name of uncertain
etymology. It was borne by an early Roman martyr about whom little is
known.