Piotrka as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Piotrka

What is the meaning of the name Piotrka ?

The baby name Piotrka is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpʲɔtrka/ (approx. PYAW-tr-kah).

Piotrka is Polish in Origin.

Piotrka is a rare Polish hypocoristic related to Piotr, the Polish form of Peter. It functions in vernacular speech as an affectionate or playful byform alongside Piotrek and Piotruś, and is only seldom used as an independent given name. The root goes back to Greek Petros, from Aramaic Kepha, "rock, stone," made famous by the apostle Peter; Piotr has been current in Poland since the Middle Ages through Christian tradition.

As a pet form, Piotrka shares the meaning "rock" and aligns with a wide family of cognates and diminutives: Polish Piotr, Piotrek, Piotruś; English/German/Dutch/Scandinavian Peter; French Pierre; Italian Pietro; Spanish/Portuguese Pedro; Russian Pyotr; Ukrainian Petro; Czech/Slovak Petr; Croatian/Serbian/Bulgarian Petar; Latvian Pēteris. Feminine counterparts include Petra and Pietra. Variant spellings close to the nickname, such as Petka in some Slavic areas, illustrate the same affectionate -ka ending.

⚙ We have no record of Piotrka in any national birth registry or name dataset. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.