Parnel
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- English (Archaic)
Contracted form of PETRONEL. In the later Middle Ages it became a slang term for a promiscuous woman, and the name subsequently fell out of use.
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| PETRONILLA female Italian, Late Roman From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of PETRONIUS. This was the name of an obscure 1st-century Roman saint, later believed to be a daughter of Saint Peter. | |||||||||||||||||||
| PETRONIUS male Ancient Roman Roman family name which is possibly derived from Latin petro, petronis "yokel". | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Petronia |
| DUTCH: Petronella, Pietronella |
| ENGLISH: Pernel, Peronel, Petronel |
| FRENCH: Pétronille |
| GERMAN: Petronella |
| ITALIAN: Petronilla |
| LATE ROMAN: Petronilla |
| POLISH: Petronela |
| ROMANIAN: Petronela |
| SLOVAK: Petronela |
| SWEDISH: Petronella |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DANISH: Pernille |
| NORWEGIAN: Pernille |
| SLOVAK: Nela |
| SWEDISH: Pernilla |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Petronius |
| OTHER FORMS |
| SPANISH: Petrona |