Petrovsky Family History

Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish (from Ukraine): habitational name for someone from a place called Petrovka, Petrovtsy, Petrovo, etc., all based on the personal name Petro or Petr, Ukrainian and Belorussian equivalents of Peter, respectively.

For Ukrainians and Belorussians, this is, in some cases, also patronymic directly from the personal name.

Czech and Slovak (Petrovský): habitational name for someone from a place called Petrov (in Czechia) or Petrová, Petrovce, Petrovec, Petrovo (in Slovakia) from local equivalents of the personal name Peter.

Compare Petrowski and Petrowsky.