Petra

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Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Female form of Petrus and its variant forms (see also -a) ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Related Names

Petra	♀
Petrea	♀
Petri	♀
Petry	♀
Petræa	♀
Petty	♀

See also: Peta, Petrine, Petrikke, Petroline, Pîtalât

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Petruson

Female

Petrudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Petra
Genitive:	Petras

- Faroese
Nominative:	Petra
Accusative:	Petru
Dative:	Petru
Genitive:	Petru

- Finnish
Nominative:	Petra
Genitive:	Petran
Partitive:	Petraa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Petra
Accusative:	Petru
Dative:	Petru
Genitive:	Petru

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Petra
Genitive:	Petras

- Swedish
Nominative:	Petra
Genitive:	Petras

Name Days

Faroe Islands

1 August

Finland Finland

29 June

Norway Norway

1 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

29 June

Sweden Sweden

29 June

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[9]
Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[10]

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 18th century ^[2]
Sweden: 1859 ^[3]
Denmark: 19th century ^[5]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- 1900-1910 ^[8]
Denmark:
- -1910 ^[5]
- -1930 ^[7]
- 1990- ^[5]
Sweden:
- 1960-1979 ^[6]
Finland:
- 1960-2005 ^[11]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:
- Troms ^[2]
- Nordland ^[2]
- Møre og Romsdal ^[2]
Denmark:
- Bornholm ^[5]
- Østjylland ^[5]

Namesakes

Petra Wadström (born 20 February 1952), Swedish inventor
Anna Petra Cecilia Östergren (born 29 September 1965), Swedish author
Petra Iréne Nordlund McGahan (née Nordlund, born 27 March 1969), Swedish journalist
Petra Maria Mede (born 7 March 1970), Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter
Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren (born 21 April 1972), Swedish actress
Petra Linnea Paula "September" Marklund (born 12 September 1984), Swedish singer

Trivia

Petra was a heavy storm in Norway in September 2015.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[12]	11050	15414	11048	15410	2	4
Finland^[11]	n.a.	7126	n.a.	7126	0	0
Denmark^[13]	991	n.a.	990	n.a.	1	n.a.
Iceland^[14]	131	251	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[15]	37	143	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[16]	1259	n.a.	1259	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Petra (f) Sources: ^[12]^[13]^[16]^[11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Petra (f) Sources: ^[17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Petra (f)

References

↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[vil-1] Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[ott-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[dah-4] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[bry-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[ler-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[alh-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[island.is-9] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[fmn.fo-10] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[vrf.fi-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[scb.se-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-13] 13.0 ^13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-14] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-15] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[17] tails see Name Statistic tables

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