Peter (given name)

For the disambiguation and a list of people named "Peter", see Peter.

Peter
Saint Peter as painted by Peter Paul Rubens
Pronunciation	/ˈpiːtər/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Greek
Meaning	Stone
Other names
Related names	Pete, Petey/Petie, Peadar, Pearce, Pedro, Per, Peta, Petra, Pierre, 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.

Polish

In Polish it is spelled as Piotr. Diminutives/hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio.

Individuals named Piotr may choose their name day from the following dates:^{[citation needed]}

• January 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 18, 28, 31
• February 2, 5, 8, 21, 23, 24
• March 2, 10, 12, 14, 23, 30
• April 6, 15, 26, 28, 29, 30
• May 3, 7, 8, 13, 15, 19, 22
• June 2, 3, 7, 23, 29
• July 2, 7, 8, 12, 25, 30
• August 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 29, 30
• September 2, 9, 10, 12, 17, 23, 25
• October 3, 18, 19
• November 7, 16, 21, 24, 26
• December 4, 6, 9, 21, 25

Other

• Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
• Albanian: Petro, Pjetër, Pjetri
• Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
• Arabic: بطرس (Buṭrus)
• 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)
• Bosnian: Petar
• Breton: Per
• 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 language: Pedro
• Standard Chinese:
  • Protestant: 彼得 (Bǐdé)
  • Catholic: 伯多祿 (Bóduōlù)
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: Petar, Pero
• 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
• 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)
• Haitian Creole: Pyè (pronunciation). The name is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "pyè"; also meanining "stone".
• Hindi: Pathrus
• Hebrew : פטרוס (Petros), פיטר (literally Peter)
• Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
• Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive)
• Indian: Kaunteya
• Indonesian: Petrus
• Irish: 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
• Latin: Petrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Lombard: Peder
• Low German: Petrus
• Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier
• Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica)
• Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (Patrōs)
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Māori: Petera
• 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
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
• Quechua: Pidru
• Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive)
• Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Петя (Petya) (diminutive)
• Samoan: Petelo
• Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
• Scottish Gaelic: Peadar, Peadair
• Serbian: Петар (Petar), Перо (Pero), Перица (Perica)
• Sicilian: Pietru
• Silesian: Pyjter, Piter
• Sinhala: Peduru
• Slovak: Peter
• 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 (Piteor)
• Turkish: Petro, Petrus
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
• Uzbek: Piter
• Venetian: Piero
• Vietnamese: Phêrô
• Võro: Piitre
• Welsh: Pedr
• West Frisian: Petrus