Petronella

Petronilla is a Late Latin and Italian feminine given name. It was adapted as Petronella in German, Dutch and Scandinavian. The name is a diminutive of Petronia, itself the feminine form of Petronius, a Roman family name. Saint Petronilla is an early Roman saint, later interpreted as the daughter of Saint Peter. She became the patron saint of the Frankish kings, and her chapel became the burial place for French kings.

People called Petronilla:

• Saint Petronilla, venerated by the 4th century
• Petronilla (9th century), daughter of Hugh, son of Charlemagne, and mother of Ingelger of Anjou
• Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
• Petronilla of Aquitaine (d. 1193)
• Petronilla, Countess of Bigorre
• Petronilla de Meath (d. 1324), Irish maidservant executed for heresy

People called Petronella:

• Petronella Barker (actress born 1942), British actress
• Petronella Barker (actress born 1965), British-born Norwegian actress
• Petronella Burgerhof (1908–1991), Dutch gymnast and Olympic gold medallist
• Petronella Duncan, South African politician and Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance
• Petronella Osgood, Doctor Who character
• Petronella van Randwijk (1905–1978), Dutch gymnast
• Petronella Melusine von der Schulenburg (1693–1778), Countess of Walsingham
• Susan Petronella Thomas (born 1935), Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, British businesswoman and Liberal Democrat politician
• Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), Dutch poet and scientist
• Alexandrine Petronella Francina Tinne (1835–1869), Dutch explorer in Africa
• Petronella van Vliet (1926–2006), breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands
• Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet
• Petronella Wyatt (born 1968), British journalist and author

Other

• Petronella (film), German-Swiss silent film

See also

• Perpolita petronella, species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae
• Petronella, United States Virgin Islands, settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands
• Nelly (given name)
• Petronel, a 16th or 17th century firearm
• Petronella, a traditional Anglo-Celtic tune and associated country dance form (see contra dance choreography).
• Hej, sa Petronella, Swedish children's song
• Petronila (disambiguation)
• Pernilla
• Pernille
• Pernelle Carron