De%20petris Family History
De%20petris Name Meaning
Italian: patronymic from the personal name Petro or from a Latinized form of Pietro . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the P(i)etri family’ (compare Petri ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022