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Petya
Unisex NameRussian Origin
Meaning
Russian masculine diminutive of PYOTR or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR.
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Petya Strashilova
Petya Toneva Strashilova (, born 18 March 1965) is a retired Bulgarian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.
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Petya Rostov
Count Pyotr "Petya" Ilyich Rostov (1797–1812) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace.
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