Petrus (given name)
Petrus is the Latin form of the Greek name Πέτρος 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, Belgium and South Africa it remained a very common given name, though in daily life, many use less formal forms like Peter, Pierre, Piet and Pieter.
People with the name
- Petrus, Saint Peter, a Christian apostle and a founder of the Church
- Petrus (archbishop of Uppsala), third archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, between 1187–1197
- Justinian I, whose given name was Petrus Sabbatius
Latinized medieval and Renaissance name
- Petrus Abailardus, Latin name for Peter Abelard
- Petrus de Abano, Italian philosopher and doctor
- Petrus Alphonsi, Spanish Jewish writer
- Petrus Augustus, Byzantine curopalates
- Petrus Aureolus, French theologian
- Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist
- Petrus Bernardinus, Florentine sectarian
- Petrus Bertius, Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer
- Petrus Bonus, Italian alchemist
- Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit Catholic theologian
- Petrus Capuanus, Italian scholastic
- Petrus Christus, Dutch painter
- Petrus Comestor, French theological writer and university administrator
- Petrus de Cruce, Italian cleric, composer, and author
- Petrus Cunaeus, Dutch philosopher
- Petrus de Dacia, Swedish monk, first author in Sweden
- Petrus Dasypodius, Swiss humanist
- Petrus Dathenus, Dutch Calvinist theologian
- Petrus Diaconus, Italian librarian of Montecassino
- Petrus Divaeus, Flemish historian
- Petrus Dorlandus, Flemish writer of the play Elckerlijc
- Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician
- Petrus de Natalibus, Venetian hagiographer
- Petrus Peregrinus or Peter de Maricourt, French writer on magnetism and astrolabes
- Petrus Plancius, Netherlandish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman
- Petrus Ramus, French humanist, logician, and educational reformer
Modern given name
- Petrus van der Aa, Brabantian jurist
- Petrus Beukers, Dutch Olympic sailor
- Petrus Johannes Blok, Dutch historian
- Petrus Bosman, South African ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer
- Petrus Boumal, Cameroonian footballer
- Petrus Breitenbach, South African lawn bowler
- Petrus Camper, Dutch polymath
- Petrus Codde, Dutch Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
- Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect
- Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, Dutch-American physicist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Petrus Augustus de Génestet, Dutch poet and theologian
- Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
- Petrus de Jong, Dutch Prime Minister
- Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Commandant-General of the South African Republic
- Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer
- Petrus Adrianus Kerstens, Dutch minister of Economic Affairs
- Petrus Canisius van Lierde, Dutch/Belgian Vicar General for the Vatican City State
- Petrus Andreas van Meeuwen, Dutch politician and lawyer
- Petrus Palmu, Finnish ice hockey player
- Petrus Albertus van der Parra, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Petrus Johannes Schotel, Dutch marine painter
- Petrus Joseph Triest, Flemish Catholic priest, founder of the Sisters and Brothers of Charity
- Petrus Antonius Verheyen, Dutch economist
- Petrus Vuyst, Governor of Dutch Bengal and Dutch Ceylon
- Petrus Johannes Waardenburg, Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist
- Petrus Cornelis Constant Wiegman, Dutch artist
- Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language