Gender Masculine
Scripts Петко(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)

Meaning & History

Derived from Bulgarian петък (petak), Macedonian петок (petok) or Serbian петак (petak) meaning "Friday". This is a vernacular form of Paraskeve. It can also be a diminutive of Petar.

Related Names

VariantsPencho, Penko(Bulgarian) Pece, Pero(Macedonian) Pejo, Perica, Pero(Serbian)
DiminutivePencho(Bulgarian)
Feminine FormPetra(Bulgarian)
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër(Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Arabic) Bedros, Petros(Armenian) Peru, Petri, Peio(Basque) Piotr(Belarusian) Peter(Biblical) Petros(Biblical Greek) Petrus(Biblical Latin) Per, Perig(Breton) Pere(Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Coptic) Petru(Corsican) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero(Croatian) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík(Czech) Peder, Peter, Per(Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petrus, Pier, Piet(Dutch) Peter, Pete(English) Piers(English (British)) Petro(Esperanto) Peeter(Estonian) Petur(Faroese) Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Peetu, Pekka(Finnish) Pierre(French) Pitter(Frisian) Petre(Georgian) Peter(German) Petros(Greek) Bitrus(Hausa) Pika(Hawaiian) Péter, Peti(Hungarian) Pétur(Icelandic) Peadar, Piaras(Irish) Pietro, Pier, Piero(Italian) Pēteris(Latvian) Pitter, Pit(Limburgish) Petras(Lithuanian) Petera(Maori) Piers(Medieval French) Petruccio(Medieval Italian) Pièrre(Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter, Per(Norwegian) Pèire(Occitan) Piotr(Polish) Pedro, Pedrinho(Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț(Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya(Russian) Pedru(Sardinian) Peadar(Scottish Gaelic) Peter(Slovak) Peter(Slovene) Pedro(Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Per(Swedish) Petro(Ukrainian) Pedr(Welsh)
Surname DescendantPetković(Serbian)

People think this name is

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Name Days

Bulgaria: October 14

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Entry updated December 1, 2024