Zu Petryk gibt es bei Yasni 52 unterschiedliche Namen.
Petryk ist in der Rangreihe der häufigsten Nachnamen bei Yasni auf Platz 2376.
The associated coat of arms for this name are recorded in J.B Rietstaps Armorial General. Illustrated by V & H.V Rolland's. This monumental work took 23 years to complete and 85,000 coats of arms are included in this work. The Ukrainian name of PETRYK was a baptismal name meaning 'The Son of Peter'. The name was extremely popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, as it had been bestowed by Christ as a by name on the apostle Simon Bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen for it's symbolic significance and is a translation of the Aramaic 'Kefa' meaning a rock. St. Peter is regarded as the founding Father of the Christian Church in view of Christ's comment 'Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church'. In Christian Germany, in the 14th century it was the most frequent given name In England, the vernacular form of Piers was usual at the time when surnames were being assumed. The name has numerous variant spellings which include Petrovich, Petrovitch, Peter and Petre to name but a few. A notable member of the name Alexi Petrovitch (1670-1718) the Russian Prince, eldest son of Peter I, the Great, born in Moscow. Having opposed the Emperor's reforms, he was excluded from the succession and escaped to Vienna, then Naples. Induced to return to Russia, he was condemned to death but pardoned, only to die in prison a few days later. His son became Tsar, as Peter II. Russian surnames are almost exclusively patronymic (occasionally metronymic) in form , usually ending in 'ov' or 'ev'. Habitation and topographic names are rare and many common Russian surnames are polygenetic and their literal meaning is clear, even though the reason for their adoption may not be. Heraldry appeared later in Russia than in most other Western European countries. It is generally agreed that it was copied from the West sometime in the late 17th Century, and quickly achieved state significance. In 1722, Emperor Peter I (The Great) established an official Heraldry Office headed by a Master of Heraldry under the jurisdiction of the Senate and granted 355 armorial bearings in the 18th Century. ARMS - Quarterly 1st and 4th gules a mountain argent; 2nd and 3rd or issuing from a terrace three rose bush proper. MOTTO - No motto recorded. ORIGIN - Ukraine
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