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
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈptər/ PEE-tər
Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩]
Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ]
Dutch: [ˈpeːtər]
German: [ˈpeːtɐ]
Slovak: [ˈpɛtɛɾ]
Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameGreek
MeaningStone/Rock
Other names
Related namesPater, 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)

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