Can someone tell me what the girl's name PETRA means? Any history you can give

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Can someone tell me what the girl's name PETRA means? Any history you can give me?

Is it a female form of PETER?

Thanks everso, Yahooers!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: http://www.babynamesworld.com/search.php...

Try this it's quite a good site. Not sure how true all the meanings are though and I'm sorry I don't know much myself about any names history.

Edit: Peter is the french name meaning stone so yeah it could be a greek female version of that or the otherway round!