Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"
This name I take to be of Spanish descent, and it most likely is. I first intended to get an equivalent of this name in Russian, but not as simply a word but a traditional patronymic--basically, the way a Russian would derive this name. However, I'm having trouble simply figuring out what it means. If someone could either a) just translate it into a Russian patronymic or b) tell me what it means, I would be grateful. Also, if someone knows the patronymic form in Russian of the name "Pyotr" or the other form (which is not a pet name; i forgot the exact name of this other form), i would also be grateful to them.
vote up1vote down

Replies

Piedra is a Spanish word for "stone", in Italian the word is similar: Pietra. The two words come from a latin word "petra".
So it is for the first name PETER, PEDRO or PIETRO.
The Russian form of Peter is PIOTR and the surname coming from PIOTR is PETROV, a very common surname in Russia.
I don't know which is the russian word for stone

I hope this information will be useful to you.

Bye
Giacomo
vote up1vote down
To Giacomo:"PETRA", is definetely greek and means stone.

(Jesus said "You will be called Peter because on this stone I'll
build the Church")

Ciao
Yannis
vote up1vote down
All these words are derived from Sanskrit VAJRA, 'diamond, thunderbolt', because this is the oldest known language.
vote up1vote down
My point was that Giacomo was not giving the meaning of
this "latin" word "petra"...
Does "petra" mean anything in latin? I don't know and I
would like to know.

Regarding the Sanskrit etymology, I don't know; I accept
your opinion. But I feel that "petra", "Petros", "Pedro" etc
are much closer to each other than to the ancient origin
VAJRA.

vote up1vote down
Well, petra does in fact mean stone, rock, crag. See http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin. I should have kept quiet about VAJRA though. I don't know where I got that from. It may be more likely that the real origin is sanskrit PRASTARA 'stone'...
vote up1vote down
Thank you!This webpage (Perseus) is really great!

Thank you
vote up1vote down
Not sure ... but it definitely looks like a form of 'Peter' ...and there are, of course, innumerable varieties of that word, which would ultimately mean 'rock'...to the best of my knowledge.
vote up1vote down
Naming someone "piedra" would look as dumb as calling him baptizing him "Stone", the Spanish Name is "Pedro"... It could be seen like a surname however... Pretty much like there is "Olivier Stone" but I haven't seen it as a surname by itself... I've seen it in surnames like "De la Piedra" which means "from the stone" or "of the stone"
vote up1vote down