Petrov (surname)

Petrov or Petroff (Russian: Петров; pronounced [p] or [pʲɪˈtrof]; masculine) or Petrova (Russian: Петрова; pronounced [pʲɪˈtrovə]; feminine), is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (Slavic forms of the Greek name of the Christian apostle, in English Peter) and literally means Pyotr's or Petar's.

Notable people

It is the last name of, among many others, the following people:

• Alexander Petrov
  • Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess player, after whom the following is named:
    • Petrov's Defence, an opening
  • Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (b. 1957), Russian animator

• Alexey Petrov
  • Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (b. 1974), Russian weightlifter
  • Aleksei Zinovyevich Petrov (1910–1972), Russian mathematician
  • Aleksey Petrov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player with SKA St. Petersburg
  • Aleksei Petrov (cycling), Soviet cyclist who won bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics
  • Alexey A Petrov (b. 1971), American physicist
  • Alyaksey Pyatrow (b. 1991), Belarusian footballer

• Andrey Petrov (1930–2006), Russian composer
• Antonina Petrova (1915–1941) partisan and Heroine of the Soviet Union
• Boris Petrov
• Borislava Petrova, Bulgarian curler
• Božo Petrov (b. 1979), Croatian politician
• Daniel Petrov (b. 1971), Bulgarian boxer

• Dmitry Petrov
  • Dmitry Petrov (translator) (b. 1958), multilingual Russian interpreter, translator, methodologist in foreign language teaching, Polyglot TV show teacher
  • Dmitry Petrov (sprinter), a Russian sprinter
  • Dzmitry Pyatrow, a Belarusian footballer

• Dušan Petrov, Serbian political and human rights activist
• Evdokia Petrova (1915–2002), Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia
• Galina Petrova (1920–1943), medic and Heroine of the Soviet Union
• Georgi Petrov, several people
  • Gjorche Petrov (1864/1865–1921), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov (1866-1925), Russian priest and publicist
• Igor Petrov
  • Igor Petrov (1933-2020), Soviet and Russian naval officer
  • Ihor Petrov (b. 1964), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach
• Ivailo Petrov (1923–2005), Bulgarian writer
• Ivan Petrov
  • Ivan Petrov (baritone) (1899–1963), opera singer (baritone) of Bulgarian descent
  • Ivan Atanassov Petrov (b. 1947), Bulgarian neurologist
  • Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (1920–2003), Russian bass opera singer
  • Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896–1958), Soviet general
• Ivanka Petrova (b. 1951), Bulgarian shot putter
• Kirill Petrov (b. 1990), Russian ice hockey player
• Konstantin Petrov, Ukrainian physicist
• Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939), Russian/Soviet painter
• Kyrylo Petrov (b. 1990), Ukrainian footballer
• Lyudmila Petrova (b. 1968), Russian long-distance runner
• Maya Petrova (b. 1982), Russian Olympic champion in handball
• Maria Petrova
  • Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast) (b. 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
  • Maria Petrova (figure skater) (b. 1977), Russian figure skater
• Martin Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballer
• Mikhail Petrovich Petrov
  • Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (general) (1898–1941), Soviet general
  • Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (colonel), Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nadia Petrova (b. 1982), Russian professional tennis player
• Nikolay Petrov, multiple people
• Nina Petrova (1893–1945), female Red Army sniper credited with 122 kills
• Oleg Petrov
  • Oleg Petrov (b. 1971), Russian hockey player
  • Oleg Petrov (footballer) (b. 1968), retired Russian professional footballer
• Olga Petrova (1884–1977), stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer
• Osip Petrov (1806–1878), Russian opera singer
• Petar Petrov, several people
• Pyotr Nikolayevich Petrov (1827–1891), Russian historian and writer
• Pyotr Mikhailovich Petrov (1910–1941), Soviet flying ace
• Serhiy Petrov (b. 1997), Ukrainian footballer
• Stanislav Petrov (1939–2017), Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange
• Stefka Petrova (b. 1950), Bulgarian nutritionist
• Stiliyan Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballer
• Tetiana Petrova
  • Tatiana Petrova (b. 1973), Russian water polo player
  • Tatyana Petrova (b. 1983), Russian runner
• Todor Petrov (b. 1960), Macedonian politician
• Tonka Petrova, Bulgarian middle distance runner
• Totka Petrova (b. 1956), Bulgarian middle distance runner
• Tudor Petrov-Popa (b. 1963), Moldovan Romanian politician
• Vadim Petrov (b. 1932), Czech composer
• Vadym Petrov, (b. 1995) Ukrainian football player
• Valeri Petrov (1920–2014), Bulgarian poet
• Valeriy Petrov, (b. 1955) Ukrainian football coach
• Vasily Petrov, multiple people
• Victor Petrov, Soviet spy, Ukrainian emigrant activist, writer, philosopher and historian
• Vitaliy Petrov
  • Vitaly Petrov, Russian auto racing driver
  • Vitaly Petrov, Ukrainian athletics coach
• Vladimir Petrov, multiple people
• Yevgeny Petrov, multiple people
• Hristo Petrov, Actor

Fictional Characters

• Viktor Petrov, the fictional President of Russia in the Netflix series House of Cards.
• Katerina Petrova, (1473-2012) character from the television series The Vampire Diaries
• Nadia Petrova, (1490-2012) character from the television series The Vampire Diaries
• Guardian Alberta Petrov, character from the book series Vampire Academy

See also

• Petrov (disambiguation)