Petrescu
title: "Petrescu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["romanian-language-surnames", "patronymic-surnames"] topic_path: "general/romanian-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrescu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Petrescu |
| romanization | |
| language | Romanian |
| meaning | son of Petre |
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| name = Petrescu | image = | image_size = | caption = | romanization = | pronunciation = | gender = | feminine = | masculine = | language = Romanian | languageorigin = | origin = | derivation = | meaning = son of Petre | motto = | region = | variant = | cognate = | anglicisation = | derivative = | seealso = | family = | footnotes = Petrescu is a patronymic surname common in Romania, meaning "son of Petre". Notable people with this surname include:
- Anca Petrescu, architect and politician
- Barbu Petrescu, mayor of Bucharest (1989–1990)
- Camil Petrescu, writer
- Cezar Petrescu, writer
- Constantin Titel Petrescu, social-democratic politician
- Costin Petrescu, painter
- Costin Petrescu, rock music drummer
- Cristian Petrescu, politician
- Dan Petrescu (disambiguation)
- Daniela Petrescu, long-distance runner
- Dimitrie Petrescu-Stelaru, writer
- Dumitru Petrescu, communist politician
- Emil Petrescu, mayor of Bucharest (1914–1916; 1918)
- Ghenadie Petrescu, deposed Romanian Metropolitan Patriarch
- Gică Petrescu, singer
- Marian Petrescu (born 1970), Romanian jazz pianist
- Nicolae Petrescu (1886–1954), philosopher and sociologist
- Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, diplomat and politician
- Nicolae Petrescu Găină, painter
- Teodosie Petrescu, Archbishop of Tomi
It is also the maiden name of:
- Elena Ceaușescu, communist politician and wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Rodica Mateescu, triple jumper
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