PETRONILLA female Italian, Late Roman From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of PETRONIUS. This was the name of an obscure 1st-century Roman saint, later believed to be a daughter of Saint Peter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
PETRONIUS male Ancient Roman Roman family name which is possibly derived from Latin petro, petronis "yokel". |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Petronia |
DUTCH: Petronella, Pietronella |
ENGLISH: Parnel, Pernel, Peronel, Petronel |
FRENCH: Pétronille |
GERMAN: Petronella |
ITALIAN: Petronilla |
LATE ROMAN: Petronilla |
POLISH: Petronela |
ROMANIAN: Petronela |
SLOVAK: Petronela |
SWEDISH: Petronella |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
DANISH: Pernille |
NORWEGIAN: Pernille |
SLOVAK: Nela |
SWEDISH: Pernilla |
MASCULINE FORMS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Petronius |
OTHER FORMS |
SPANISH: Petrona |