Petrica
- Meaning:
- Rock, stone
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Petrica
Croatian diminutive of Petar (Peter); familiar from the literary figure Petrica Kerempuh.
Popularity with newborns
Petrica has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
102 people in Croatia are called Petrica, according to the 2021 census. That is #1501 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Petrica is recorded in 4 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.