# Peter (given name)

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: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
* 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)
* 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, 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); 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