Peter (given name)

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

Peter
Saint Peter as painted by Peter Paul Rubens.
Pronunciation	English: /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.

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
• Albanian: Petro, Pjetër, Pjetri
• Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
• Arabic: بطرس (Buṭrus)
• Aragonese: Pietro, Pero
• Azerbaijani: Pyotr
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
• Asturian: Pedru
• Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru
• 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
• 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: True to the Greek, 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
• 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
• 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: Pétrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Lombard: Peder
• Low German: Petrus
• Luxembourgish: Peter
• Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica)
• Malayalam: Pathrose
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Māori: Petera
• Norman: Pierre
• Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per, Pelle, Peder
• Nahuatl: Pedro
• Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr
• Persian: پترس (Petros)
• Polish: Piotr
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
• Quechua: Pidru
• Romanian: Petru, Petre
• 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
• Slovak: Peter
• Slovene: Peter
• Spanish: Pedro
• Swahili: Petero
• Swedish: Peter, Petter, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle
• 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