Petro

Petro is a masculine given name used in Ukrainian and other Eastern European languages. It is the local form of Peter, derived from the Greek Petros, meaning rock or stone. In addition to being a given name, Petro also appears as a surname in some families and in diaspora communities.

Notable people with the name include Petro Poroshenko (born 1960), a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

Linguistically, Petro is common in Ukraine and among Ukrainian communities abroad. The name has various transliterations and is sometimes used to mark cultural or national identity in multicultural settings.

As a prefix in science and industry, petro- derives from the same Greek root and is used to form terms relating to rock or oil, such as petrology, petroleum, and petrochemistry.