Petre
Petre is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Petre is a Romanian , Macedonian (Петре) and Georgian (პეტრე) form of the masculine given name Peter . In Romanian, Petre also appears as a family name. The Romanian family name Petrescu is patronymically derived from Petre .
Petrė occurs as a Lithuanian female given name .
Name bearer
First name
- Petre Andrei (1891–1940), Romanian sociologist and politician
- Petre Becheru (* 1960), Romanian weightlifter
- Petre Dicu (* 1954), Romanian wrestler
- Petre Dumitrescu (1882–1950), Romanian general
- Petre Hârtopeanu (1913–2001), Romanian-German painter
- Petre Ivănescu (* 1936), Romanian handball player and coach
- Petre Marin (* 1973), Romanian football player
- Petre Popeangă (* 1944), Romanian politician
- Petre Roman (* 1946), Romanian politician
- Petre Solomon (1923–1991), Romanian writer and translator
- Petre Steinbach (1906–1996), Romanian football player and coach
family name
- Ciprian Petre (* 1980), Romanian football player
- Dumitru Petre (* 1957), Romanian weightlifter
- Florentin Petre (* 1976), Romanian football player
- Florentina Petre (* around 1983), Romanian badminton player
- Francis Petre (Bishop) (1692–1775), English clergyman, titular bishop of Amorion
- Francis Petre (1847–1918), New Zealand architect
- Francis Petre (Lawyer) ( Francis Herbert Loraine Petre ; 1927-2015), British lawyer
- Francis Turville-Petre (1901–1942), British archaeologist
- Francis Loraine Petre (1852–1925), British colonial administrator and military historian
- Gabriel Turville-Petre (1908–1978), British Medievalist
- Joan Elizabeth Turville-Petre (1911-2006), British medievalist
- John Petre, 1st Baron Petre (1549–1613), English politician and nobleman
- John Petre, 5th Baron Petre (1629–1684), English politician and nobleman
- John Petre, 18th Baron Petre (born 1942), British politician and nobleman
- Kay Petre (1903-1994), Canadian racing car driver
- Léon Pêtre (1881–1956), French colonial administrator
- Luminitza Petre , Romanian violinist and conductor
- Maria Petre (* 1951), Romanian politician
- Ovidiu Petre (* 1982), Romanian football player
- Patrick Petre (* 1997), Romanian football player
- Robert Petre (* 1997), Romanian football player
- William Petre (1505 / 1506–1572), English politician and royal secretary
- William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre (1575–1637), English nobleman and politician
- William Petre, 4th Baron Petre (1626–1684), English nobleman and politician
- William Petre, 11th Baron Petre (1793–1850), British nobleman and politician
- William Petre, 12th Baron Petre (1817–1884), British nobleman and politician
- William Petre, 13th Baron Petre (1847-1893), British nobleman and politician
- Zoe Petre (1940-2017), Romanian ancient historian