Petrus
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name (a Latinate variant of the more common Peter and Per). From Latin Petrus.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Petrus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Petrus has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 485 |
| 2000 | 490 |
| 2001 | 489 |
| 2002 | 503 |
| 2003 | 505 |
| 2004 | 511 |
| 2005 | 509 |
| 2006 | 508 |
| 2007 | 514 |
| 2008 | 514 |
| 2009 | 516 |
| 2010 | 520 |
| 2011 | 519 |
| 2012 | 518 |
| 2013 | 522 |
| 2014 | 528 |
| 2015 | 529 |
| 2016 | 535 |
| 2017 | 547 |
| 2018 | 554 |
| 2019 | 559 |
| 2020 | 563 |
Petrus in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Petrus.Hi! My name is Petrus.
- Har du träffat Petrus? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Petrus? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Petrus i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Petrus this afternoon.
- Petrus mamma är lärare.Petrus's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Petrus mamma is Petrus's mum. Because Petrus already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Petrus
How do you pronounce Petrus in Swedish?
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What does the name Petrus mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name (a Latinate variant of the more common Peter and Per). From Latin Petrus.
How popular is Petrus in Sweden?
4 babies were named Petrus in 2022. In 2020, 563 people in Sweden had Petrus as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2002 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.