Petronel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Petronel

What is the meaning of the name Petronel ?

The baby name Petronel is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /pɛˈtroʊnəl/; respelling: peh-TROH-nəl.

Petronel is Latin in Origin.

Petronel is a medieval English feminine name that came via Anglo-Norman Peronel/Peronnelle from Latin Petronilla, the diminutive of Petronia (feminine of the Roman family name Petronius). Through the cult of St. Petronilla and her legendary link to St. Peter (Petrus), the name acquired the traditional meaning “rock, stone,” although the original Roman gentilicium Petronius is of uncertain etymology.

Recorded in England from the 12th to 15th centuries in rolls and parish registers, Petronel appears alongside vernacular forms Peronel, Pernel, and Parnel; the last later became a surname (Parnell). Usage waned in Early Modern English as Parnel gained a pejorative sense, but continental forms remained lively. International variants include Petronella (Dutch, Scandinavian), Petronilla (Italian), Petronila (Spanish), and Péronnelle/Perenelle (French). Short forms and diminutives include Nell, Nella, and Nellie, with Dutch cognates such as Nel and Nelleke.