Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant spelling of Peter.
- Swedish (Petré) : shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter).
- Slovenian : derivative of the personal name Peter.
- French (Pêtre) : metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.