Petra

Petra is the feminine of Peter, rooted in the Greek petros, a stone. In Czech mouths the name is bright and economical, two syllables you could carve in marble. The imagery is ancient: the rose-cut city of Petra in the Jordanian desert, the rock on which Peter was told to build. Czech and Slovak culture has embraced the name for decades, and tennis fans will know it instantly through Petra Kvitova, the two-time Wimbledon champion whose cool composure suits her namesake. Petra reads grounded, athletic, self-possessed, a name that trusts its own weight and does not need decoration.