# Petri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/petri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Petri

- Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
- Petri Kontiola, Finnish ice hockey player
- Petri Lindroos, Finnish heavy metal musician (born 1980)
- Petri Vehanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Petri Varis, Finnish ice hockey player
- Petri Honkonen, Finnish politician
- Petri Skriko, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- Petri Sarvamaa, Finnish politician and journalist
- Petri Kotwica, Finnish film director
- Petri Helin, Finnish association football player
- Petri Kokko, Finnish figure skater
- Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.