Petrov
Petrow or Petroff is a Russian and Bulgarian family name .
variants
The female variant is Petrowa . Other variants are Latvian Petrovs and Petrov .
Origin and meaning
It is derived from the first name Pjotr and thus corresponds to the German name Peters . He ranks tenth in the list of Russian surnames by frequency .
Name bearer
A.
- Alexander Petrow (athlete) (* 1986), Russian athlete
- Alexander Alexandrowitsch Petrow (1934–2011), Soviet or Russian mathematician
- Alexander Andreevich Petrov (actor) (born 1989), Russian actor
- Alexander Andreevich Petrov (ice hockey player) (* 1993), Russian ice hockey player
- Alexander Dmitrijewitsch Petrow (1794–1867), Russian chess master
- Alexander Dmitrijewitsch Petrow (figure skater) (* 1999), Russian figure skater
- Alexander Ivanovich Petrow (1828–1899), Russian naval officer and explorer of the Amur
- Alexander Konstantinowitsch Petrow (* 1957), Russian director of animated films
- Alexander Pavlovich Petrow (* 1939), Soviet basketball player
- Alexander Petrovich Petrov (1876–1941), Russian wrestler
- Alexander Trofimowitsch Petrov (1925–1972), Soviet football player
- Alexander Wassiljewitsch Petrow (1888–1942), Soviet architect
- Alexei Petrow (ski jumper) , Soviet ski jumper
- Alexei Alexandrowitsch Petrow (* 1974), Russian weightlifter
- Alexei Zinovievich Petrow (1910–1972), Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Alexei Stepanowitsch Petrow (1937–2009), Soviet cyclist
- Alexei Vladimirovich Petrov (* 1983), Russian ice hockey player
- Andrei Pavlovich Petrow (1930-2006), Russian composer
C.
- Christa Petroff-Bohne (* 1932), German designer
D.
- Danail Petrow (* 1978), Bulgarian racing cyclist
- Daniel Petrow (boxer) (* 1971), Bulgarian boxer
- Daniel Petrow Bogomilow (* 1982), Bulgarian racing cyclist
- Denis Alexejewitsch Petrow (* 1968), Russian figure skater
- Dimitar Petrov (artist) (born 1969), Bulgarian artist
- Dimitar Petrov (director) (born 1924), Bulgarian director
F.
- Fyodor Fjodorowitsch Petrow (1902–1978), Soviet artillery designer
G
- Genadi Petrow (* 1981), Bulgarian-Portuguese football player and coach
- Georgi Petrow (judoka) (* 1954), Bulgarian judoka
- Georgi Petrow (badminton) (* 1980), Bulgarian badminton player
- Georgi Petrov (ice hockey player) (* 1988), Kazakh ice hockey player
- Georgi Ivanovich Petrov (1912–1987), Soviet engineer
- Gjortsche Petrow (1865–1921), Bulgarian-Macedonian revolutionary
I.
- Ilija Petrow (1903–1975), Bulgarian painter
- Ivailo Petrov (1923-2005), Bulgarian writer and painter
- Ivajlo Petrov (* 1973), Bulgarian football player
- Iwan Petroff (1899–1963), Bulgarian-American opera singer
- Ivan Fyodorowitsch Petrow (1897–1994), Russian test pilot and university professor
- Ivan Ivanovich Petrow (1920–2003), Soviet opera singer
- Ivan Efimowitsch Petrov (1896-1958), Soviet general
J
- Evgeni Petrov , pseudonym of Evgeni Petrovich Katajew (1903–1942), Soviet writer
- Yevgeny Alexandrowitsch Petrow (* 1938), Russian sports marksman
- Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov (1903–1942), Soviet rocket engineer
- Yevgeny Vladimirovich Petrov (* 1978), Russian racing cyclist
- Yuri Alexandrowitsch Petrow (* 1955), Russian historian
- Yuri Anatolyevich Petrow (* 1984), Russian ice hockey player
K
- Kirill Andrejewitsch Petrow (* 1990), Russian ice hockey player
- Kirillo Petrow (* 1990), Ukrainian football player
- Kuzma Sergejewitsch Petrow-Vodkin (1878–1939), Russian painter
L.
- Ljubomir Petrov (* 1954), Bulgarian rower
M.
- Marian Petrow (* 1975), Bulgarian chess player
- Martin Petrov (soccer player) (* 1979), Bulgarian soccer player
- Martin Petrow (writer) (* 1999), Bulgarian writer
- Martin Petrow (chess player) (* 2000), Bulgarian chess player
- Mikhail Petrov (weightlifter) (1965–1993), Bulgarian weightlifter
- Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (1898–1941), Soviet general
N
- Nikita Wassiljewitsch Petrow (* 1957), Russian historian
- Nikolai Arnoldowitsch Petrow (1943–2011), Russian pianist and piano teacher
- Nikolai Makarowitsch Petrow (1892–1959), Russian photographer
- Nikolaj Petrov (ice hockey player) (born 1957), Bulgarian ice hockey player
- Nikolaj Petrow (politician) (* 1959), Bulgarian major general and politician
O
- Oleg Jurjewitsch Petrow (* 1967), Russian bobsledder
- Oleg Viktorovich Petrov (* 1971), Russian ice hockey player
- Olexandr Petrow (* 1986), Ukrainian handball player
P
- Pavel Petrov (boxer) , Bulgarian boxer
- Pavel Petrov (singer) , Belarusian singer (tenor)
- Pawel Georgievich Petrow (* 1995), Russian cross-country skier
- Pawel Pawlowitsch Petrow (* 1987), Russian canoeist
- Petar Petrov (chess player) (1919–2005), Bulgarian chess player
- Petar Petrow (athlete) (* 1955), Bulgarian athlete
- Petar Petrov (soccer player) (born 1961), Bulgarian soccer player
- Petar Petrow (cyclist) (* 1966), Bulgarian racing cyclist
- Petar Petrow (weightlifter) (* 1974), Bulgarian weightlifter
- Peter Petroff (also Petar Petrov ; 1919–2003), Bulgarian-American engineer, inventor and adventurer
- Peter Petrowitsch Petrow , baptismal name of Abraham Petrowitsch Hannibal (~ 1696–1781), Prince of Eritrea and Governor of Reval
R.
- Radosvet Petrov (* 1993), Bulgarian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Raiko Petrow (1930–2011), Bulgarian wrestling trainer and sports scientist
- Ratscho Petrow (1861–1942), Bulgarian politician, general and prime minister
S.
- Stanislaw Evgrafowitsch Petrow (1939-2017), Russian colonel
- Stefan Petrow (* 1936), Bulgarian wrestler
- Stilijan Petrov (* 1979), Bulgarian football player
T
- Todor Petrov (1878-1924), Bulgarian politician
W.
- Valery Petrov (1920–2014), Bulgarian writer, playwright, poet, screenwriter and translator
- Vasily Ivanovich Petrow (1917–2014), Soviet military, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Vasily Petrovich Petrov (1869–1929), Russian general
- Vasily Stepanowitsch Petrow (1922–2003), Soviet Lieutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Wassili Terentjewitsch Petrow (1877–1923), Russian or Soviet serial killer, see Wassili Iwanowitsch Komarow
- Vasily Vladimirovich Petrow (1761–1834), Russian physicist and chemist
- Viktor Petrov (* 1996), Ukrainian boxer
- Vitaly Alexandrovich Petrow (* 1984), Russian automobile racing driver
- Vladimir Petrov (cycling coach) , Soviet cycling coach
- Vladimir Petrov (chess player) (* 1999), Bulgarian chess player
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov (director) (1896–1966), Soviet film director
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov (diplomat) (1907–1991), Soviet diplomat
- Vladimir Viktorovich Petrov (* 1932), Soviet rower
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (1947-2017), Russian ice hockey player
- Vsevolod Nikolajewitsch Petrov (1912–1978), Soviet art historian and author