title: Petya
text: # Petya
  
  Petya is a Bulgarian female given name of Slavic origin. It is also a Russian diminutive name derived from the male given name Pyotr.
  
  Petya may also refer to:
  
  * Petya (malware), a family of encrypting ransomware discovered in 2016
  * Petya-class frigate, the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates designed in the 1950s and built for the Soviet Navy
  
  ## People
  
  * Petya Barakova (born 1994), Bulgarian volleyball player
  * Petya Dubarova (1962–1979), Bulgarian poet
  * Petya Gavazova (born 1968), Bulgarian figure skater
  * Petya Lukanova (born 1969), Bulgarian sports shooter
  * Petya Lyuty (died 1919), Ukrainian military commander
  * Petya Minkova, Bulgarian cyclist
  * Petya Nedelcheva (born 1983), Bulgarian badminton player
  * Petya Parvanova (born 1960), Bulgarian security officer and politician
  * Petya Pendareva (born 1971), Bulgarian sprinter
  * Petya Petkova (born 1991), Bulgarian footballer
  * Petya Strashilova (born 1965), Bulgarian middle-distance runner
  * Petya Tsekova (born 1986), Bulgarian volleyball player
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Petya Rostov, character in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace
  