Peter (given name)

Peter (given name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , 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-Jona. An Old English variant is Piers.
In other languages
The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English.
Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
Albanian: Pjetër, Prel
Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
Arabic: بطرس (Boutros), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription)
Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier
Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
Asturian: Pedru
Azerbaijani: Pyotr
Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism)
Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
Bengali: পাথর (Pathor)
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
Czech: Petr, Péťa (diminutive)
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: 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. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus.")
Greek: Πέτρος (Petros)
Guarani Peru
Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar)
Gungbe: Pita
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)
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: Petar (Петар), Pero (Перо)
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), Петя (Petya) (diminutive), Петруха (Petrukha) (colloquial)
Samoan: Petelo
Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
Scottish Gaelic: Peadair
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:
Spanish: Pedro
Swahili: Petero
Swedish: Peter, Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle (Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus.")
Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus)
Tagalog: Pedro
Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
Telugu: పేతురు Peturu
, เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts)
Tongan: Pita
Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
Turkish: Petrus, Petros
Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus''') (diminutive)
Urdu: (Rock, پتھر) or (lit.'' Peter, پیٹر)
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 named Piotr
List of people named Pyotr
References
Masculine given names
Given names of Greek language origin
English masculine given names
German masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names
Slovak masculine given names