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.¹ An Old English variant is Piers.

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, Rumi²
• 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