First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
Last name origin & meaning:
Cornish: from the Cornish personal name Petroc or Pedrek, a pet form of Peter. St. Petroc is a local saint, who is commemorated in several place names, including Padstow (earlier Sancte Petroces stow).