Petrissa

Petrissa is a female given name .

Origin and Distribution

The name is likely a feminine variant of Petrus or Peter .

distribution

The first name has been in use mainly in southern Germany since the High Middle Ages . Well-known bearers of the name belonged, for example, to the noble family of the Zähringer or were abbesses in Bavarian monasteries ( Frauenchiemsee , Niedermünster Abbey, Regensburg , Gnadenthal Abbey).

Name bearers

• Petrissa von Zähringen († after 1130), daughter of Duke Berthold II of Zähringen and wife of Count Friedrich I. von Pfirt
• Petrissa (Brandenburg) († after 1150), wife of the Slavic king Pribislaw / Heinrich
• Petrissa (Lorch) († after 1165), censor of the Lorch Monastery
• Petrissa Solja , German table tennis player