Peter (given name)

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (meaning "stone, rock", via Greek petra). An Old English variant is Piers.

Peter

Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens (1610-1612)
Pronunciation	English: /ˈpiːtər/ PEE-tər Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩] Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ] Dutch: [ˈpeːtər] German: [ˈpeːtɐ] Slovak: [ˈpɛtɛɾ] Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Stone/Rock
Other names
Related names	Pater, Pete, Petey/Petie, Peoter, Pearce, Petero, Per, Peta, Petra, Pierre, Pedro, Pier, Piers, Pietro, Peadar, Pere, Kepa, Peru, Peio, Boutros

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English

• Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
• Albanian: Petro, Petra, Pjetër, Pjetri
• Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
• Arabic: بطرس (Boutros), بيار ("Pierre", mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter", exact transcription)
• Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier.
• Azerbaijani: Pyotr
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
• Asturian: Pedru
• Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism)
• Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
• Breton: Pêr
• Bulgarian: Петър (Petər), Пере, Перо (Pere, Pero), Петьо, Петю (Petyo, Petyu), Пеньо, Пеню, Пенко (Penyo, Penyu, Penko), Пельо, Пелю, Пелко (Pelyo, Pelyu, Pelko), Пешо (Pesho); Камен (Kamen) ("kamen, kamək" in Bulgarian means: stone)
• Catalan: Pere
• Cebuano: Pedro
• Standard Chinese:
  • Protestant: 彼得 (Bǐdé)
  • Catholic: 伯多祿 (Bóduōlù)
• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (Ṗeṭros)
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Pera, Pejo, Nino
• Czech: Petr, Péťa
• Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
• Dutch: Pieter, Peter, Piet, Pier (Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".)
• Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pèdar
• Esperanto: Petro
• Estonian: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo
• Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
• Filipino: Pedro, Pedring (diminutive)
• Frisian: Piter, Pier
• Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri
• French: Pierre (Note: the word for stone in French is also "pierre")
• Galician: Pedro
• Georgian: პეტრე (Petre)
• German: Peter (Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".)
• Greek: Πέτρος (Petros)
• Guarani Peru
• Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar)
• Haitian Creole: Pyè. The name is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "pyè"; also meaning "stone".
• Hausa: Bitrus
• Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (Pīṭar)
• Hebrew: פטרוס (Petros), פטר (literally Peter)
• Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
• Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive)
• Indonesian: Petrus
• Irish: Piaras, Peadar
• Italian: Pietro, Pier, Piero (Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra")
• Japanese:
  • Protestant: ピーター (Pītā)
  • Catholic: ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero),
  • Biblical contexts: ペトロス (Petorosu)
• Khmer: Pathra
• Konkani: Pedru
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedro; or, less commonly, 페트루스; Petrus), 피터 (Pitə)
• Lao: ເປໂຕ (Peot)
• Latin: Petrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lingala: Petelo
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Lombard: Peder
• Low German: Petrus
• Luganda: Petero
• Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier
• Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Питер (Piter), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica)
• Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (Patrōs), പീരി("Peeri", from Pierre)
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Māori: Petera, Pita
• Marathi: पेत्र (petrə), पेद्रो (pedro)
• Mongolian: Петр (Pyetr)
• Montenegrin: Petar (Петар), Pero (Перо)
• Nepali: पत्रुस (Patrus)
• Norman: Pierre
• Northern Sami: Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža
• Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per, Pelle, Peder
• Nahuatl: Pedro
• Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr
• Persian : Pedros, Pedrush
• Polish: Piotr. Diminutives/hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio. Piotr has several name days in Poland.
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
• Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (Patarasanū)
• Quechua: Pidru
• Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive)
• Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Петя (Petya) diminutive), Петруха (Petrukha) (colloquial)
• Samoan: Petelo
• Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
• Scottish Gaelic: Petar, Pater
• Serbian: Петар (Petar), Перо (Pero), Пера (Pera), Перица (Perica), Периша (Periša)
• Serbo-Croatian: Petar (Петар), Pero (Перо), Pera (Пера), Perica (Перица), Periša (Периша),
• Sicilian: Pietru
• Silesian: Pyjter, Piter
• Sinhala: Peduru
• Slovak: Peter, Peťo
• Slovene: Peter
• Spanish: Pedro
• Swahili: Petero
• Swedish: Peter, Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle (Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".)
• Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus)
• Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
• Telugu: Peturu
• Thai: ปีเตอร์ (Pitoer), เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts)
• Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
• Turkish: Petro, Petrus
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
• Urdu: پیٹر
• Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian)
• Venetian: Piero
• Vietnamese: Phêrô, Phi Thơ, Phật Tổ
• Võro: Piitre
• Welsh: Pedr
• West Frisian: Petrus
• Yoruba: Peteru
• Zulu: Petru

People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)

• List of people named Peter

See also

• Pete (nickname), a list of people (excluding Peters)
• Pete (given name), a list of people (with the given name)
• Petros (disambiguation)
• Pierce (disambiguation)
• Piers

References