Etymology

Petrov

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Today it means: A patrilineal surname from Bulgarian Full definition →

Bulgarian Петров ← Russian Петро́в
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The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromПетро́в
  2. Bulgarian · borrowed fromПетров
  3. English todayPetrov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).

Words from the same roots

BulgarianПетров all →

Petroff

RussianПетро́в all →

Petroff

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.