Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
PETRO
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| Origin | of Slovak origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the name Petro (hypocoristic form of the Slovak given name Peter ‘Peter’) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variant: Petró. |