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De Petris Surname Meaning

Italian: patronymic from the personal name Petro or from a Latinized form of Pietro.

It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the P(i)etri family’.

(compare Petri).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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