Petru is a distinctive choice, ranked #2133 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Petru in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2133
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About the Name Petru
Petru has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 573 places in five years. It was most popular in 2019 at #1113 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2011.
Petru is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Petru in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Petru
Petru Postoroncă — Petru Postoroncă is a Moldavian football midfielder who plays for German club FV Langenwinkel.
Petru Efros — Petru Efros is a Moldovan football manager, sports administrator, FIFA players' agent and former footballer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Petru
Unlikely. With around 11 UK babies named Petru per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Petru in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Petru is declining: down 754 places since 2020, to #2,133 in 2025. It peaked at #1,113 in 2019.
Petru is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Petru include: Petru Postoroncă, Petru Efros and Petru-Alexandru Luncanu. Short summaries for each appear below.
Petru does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Petrus in the wild.
11
UK babies named Petru (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 754 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Petru
Almost certainly the only Petru in the class
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UK Popularity (2011–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Petru
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Petru Maior – 14 February 1821 in Buda) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the Transylvanian School).