Petronella

Petronella is a feminine given name . It is the Italian diminutive of Petronia and is derived from Petronilla .

origin

Origin Latin : from the tribe of the Petronians
Origin Greek : pétros = stone, rock

name day

Name day is May 31.

variants

French forms of name were particularly common in the late Middle Ages until the 17th century. There were: Péronne (also Peronne or Perronne ) and especially Péronelle , Peronelle , Perronelle , Perrenelle or Pernelle . In Scandinavia the names Pernille and Pernilla appear.

Well-known namesake

Petronella of Aragón (1136–1173), heir daughter of King Ramiro II of Aragón
Petronella van Vliet (1926-2006), Dutch swimmer

Others

Petronella (film) is the title of a novel by Johannes Jegerlehner , which has also been filmed,and a modern fairy tale by Jay Williams .

Individual evidence

^ French women's names from the 14th to the early 17th centuries according to a study by Sara L. Uckelman: Late Period French Feminine Names , 2005, 2009, 2012 (accessed March 18, 2019). The names come from tax documents and are sorted by frequency. Uckelman found the name Péronne three times between 1511 and 1560, once Perronne (1575) and once a presumably misspelled "Pelonne". The pet forms were somewhat more common: Pernelle five times (between 1413 and 1547), Peronelle three times (between 1399 and 1537), Perronnelle twice, Péronelle once (1508) and Perrenelle once (1460/64).
↑ Sara L. Uckelman: Feminine Names from Artois, 1601 , 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013 (accessed on 18 March 2019). The name Péronne appears four times in this study.

[1] French women's names from the 14th to the early 17th centuries according to a study by Sara L. Uckelman: Late Period French Feminine Names , 2005, 2009, 2012 (accessed March 18, 2019). The names come from tax documents and are sorted by frequency. Uckelman found the name Péronne three times between 1511 and 1560, once Perronne (1575) and once a presumably misspelled "Pelonne". The pet forms were somewhat more common: Pernelle five times (between 1413 and 1547), Peronelle three times (between 1399 and 1537), Perronnelle twice, Péronelle once (1508) and Perrenelle once (1460/64).

[2] Sara L. Uckelman: Feminine Names from Artois, 1601 , 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013 (accessed on 18 March 2019). The name Péronne appears four times in this study.