Peter (given name)

Peter

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

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers.

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English.

• Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
• Albanian: Pjetër, Për
• Amharic: ቡትሮስ ("Boutros")
• Arabic: بطرس (Boutros), بيار ("Pierre", mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter", exact transcription)
• Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in the Western dialect, Petros in the Eastern dialect)
• Assamese: পিটাৰ
• Asturian: Pedru
• Azerbaijani: Pyotr
• Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Harkaitz (Means "Rock" in Basque), Arkaitz, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism)
• Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
• Bengali: পিটার (Piṭār), পিতর (Pitôr)
• Breton: Pêr
• Bulgarian: Петър (Petar), 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, Perica, Pera, Pejo
• Czech: Petr, Péťa (diminutive)
• Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
• Dutch: Pieter, Peter, Piet, Pier (Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly.)
• Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pédor
• 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.)
• Greek: Πέτρος (Petros)
• Guarani: Peru
• Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar)
• Gungbe: Pita
• Haitian Creole: Pierre (pronounced "Pyè")
• Hausa: Bitrus
• Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (Pīṭar)
• Hebrew: פטרוס (Petros), פטר (literally Peter)
• Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
• Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive)
• Indonesian: Petrus, Peter
• Irish: Piaras, Pierce, 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)
• Kazakh: Петр (Petr)
• Khmer: Pathra
• Konkani: Pedru
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedro); 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)
• Malagasy: Petera
• Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (Patrōs), പീരി ("Peeri" from Pierre)
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Māori: Petera, Pita
• Marathi: पेत्र (Petrə), पेद्रो (Pedro)
• Mongolian: Петр (Pyetr)
• Montenegrin: Петар (Petar), Перо (Pero)
• Nepali: पत्रुस (Patrus)
• Norman: Pierre
• Northern Sami: Pekka, Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža, Biehtár
• 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) (Note: The word for stone in Portuguese is "pedra".)
• Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (Patarasanū)
• Quechua: Pidru, Rumi
• Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive)
• Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Питер (Piter), Петя (Petya) (diminutive), Петруха (Petrukha) (colloquial)
• Samoan: Petelo
• Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
• Scottish Gaelic: Peadair
• Serbian: Петар (Petar), Петер (Peter), Перо (Pero), Пера (Pera), Перица (Perica), Периша (Periša)
• 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
• Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus)
• Tagalog: Pedro
• Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
• Telugu: పేతురు (Peturu)
• Thai: ปีเตอร์ (RTGS: Pitoe), เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts)
• Tongan: Pita
• Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
• Turkish: Kaya (rock), Kayahan (khan of rocks); Petrus, Petros (in biblical contexts)
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus) (diminutive)
• Urdu: پتھر (Rock) or پیٹر (lit. Peter)
• Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian)
• Venetian: Piero
• Vietnamese: Phê-rô
• Võro: Piitre
• Welsh: Pedr
• West Frisian: Petrus
• Yoruba: Peteru
• Zulu: Petru

People named Peter (or commonly known as 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)
• List of people with given name Piotr
• List of people with given name Pyotr

References

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