Peter (given name)

See also Petar, Iran, List of people named Peter or Peter (disambiguation).

Peter
Saint Peter as painted by Peter Paul Rubens'
Pronunciation	/ˈpiːtər/ German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ] Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər] Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɛr] Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtɛr] Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Rock
Other names
Related names	Pete, Petey/Petie, Peoter, Pearce, Petero, Per, Peta, Petra, Pierre, Pedro, Piers

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock".

According to the New Testament, Jesus gave Saint Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone" in Aramaic. Saint Peter, according to ancient tradition, became the first bishop of Rome. Roman Catholics consider him to have been the first Pope and all subsequent popes to have been his successors, and therefore sometimes refer to the Pope or the Papacy itself as Peter.

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English

• Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
• Albanian: Petro, 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)
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Pera, Pejo, Nino
• Czech: Petr
• Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
• Dutch: Pieter, Peter (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
• Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
• 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)
• 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), פיטר (literally Peter)
• Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
• Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive)
• Indonesian: Petrus
• Irish: Piaras, Peadar
• Italian: Pietro, Piero (Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra")
• Khmer: Pathra
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedeuro; or, less commonly, 페트루스; Peteuruseu), 피터 (Piteo)
• Japanese:
  • Protestant: ピーター (Pītā)
  • Catholic: ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero),
  • Biblical contexts: ペトロス (Petorosu)
• Konkani: Pedru
• Lao: ເປໂຕ (Peot)
• Latin: Petrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lingala: Petelo
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Lombard: Peder
• Low German: Petrus
• 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: پدرام (Pedrām)
• 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), Питер (Piter)
• 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, Petr
• 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)
• Turkish: Petro, Petrus
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
• Urdu: پیٹر
• Uzbek: Piter
• Venetian: Piero
• Vietnamese: Phật Tổ, Phi Thơ, Phêrô
• Võro: Piitre
• Welsh: Pedr
• West Frisian: Petrus
• Yoruba: Peteru
• Zulu: Petru

See also

• List of people named Peter
• Piotter