# Petrus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/petrus/  
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 | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 13,711 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |

## People named Petrus

- Petrus Plancius, Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman
- Petrus Christus, Flemish painter (c.1410-1475)
- Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (1856-1934)
- Petrus Camper, Dutch scientist (1722-1789)
- Petrus Borel, French writer of the Romantic movement (1809-1859)
- Petrus Kastenman, equestrian (1924–2013)
- Petrus Boumal, Cameroonian and French footballer
- Petrus Gyllius, French philosopher
- Petrus Augustus de Genestet, Dutch writer (1829-1861)
- Petrus Boddeng Timang
- Petrus Canisius van Lierde, Catholic bishop (1907-1995)
- Petrus Johannes Blok, Dutch historian (1855-1929)

## 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.