Petre

Petre is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Petre is a Romanian, Macedonian ( Петре ) and Georgian ( პეტრე ) form of the male given name Peter. In the Romanian Petre also occurs as a family name. Patronymic derived from Petre is the Romanian name Petrescu.

As a Lithuanian female first name Petre occurs.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Petre Andrei (1891-1940), Romanian sociologist and politician
  • Petre Becheru ( b. 1960 ), Romanian weightlifter
  • Petre Dicu (born 1954 ), Romanian Ringer
  • Petre Dumitrescu (1882-1950), Romanian General
  • Hârtopeanu Petre (1913-2001), Romanian - German painter
  • Petre Ivănescu ( b. 1936 ), Romanian handball player and coach
  • Petre Marin (born 1973 ), the Romanian football player
  • Petre Popeangă ( b. 1944 ), Romanian politician
  • Petre Roman ( born 1946 ), Romanian politician
  • Petre Steinbach (1906-1996), the Romanian football player and coach

Family name

  • Ciprian Petre ( born 1980 ), the Romanian football player
  • Petre Dumitru ( born 1957 ), Romanian weightlifter
  • Florentin Petre (born 1976 ), the Romanian football player
  • Florentina Petre (* ~ 1983), Romanian badminton player
  • Francis Petre (1847-1918), architect of New Zealand
  • Kay Petre (1903-1994), Canadian auto racer
  • Luminitza Petre, Romanian violinist, conductor and concertmaster
  • Maria Petre ( born 1951 ), Romanian politician
  • Ovidiu Petre ( b. 1982 ), the Romanian football player
Macedonian language Peter (given name)
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