Pieter

Pieter

Pronunciation	/pi(e)-ter/
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	rock
Region of origin	The Netherlands, Belgium
Other names
Related names	Piet, Dieter, Peter, Pierre, Pete, Pietro, Piotr, Petr, Petar, Peder

Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter, and may refer to:

• Sint Pieter, a village now incorporated in Maastricht;
• Sint-Pieters, a suburb of Bruges;
• Pieterburen, a village in the north of Groningen;
• Pieter de Coninck (?-1332), Flemish revolutionary;
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c 1525-1569), Netherlandish painter;
• Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1633), Netherlandish painter;
• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch historian;
• Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter) (c. 1612–1672), Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (New York);
• Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), Dutch painter;
• Pieter Burmann the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar;
• Pieter Burmann the Younger (1714–1778), Dutch philologist;
• Pieter van Maldere (1729–1768), South-Netherlandish composer;
• Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), Dutch physicist;
• Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa;
• Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), the husband of princess Margriet of The Netherlands;
• Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Dutch Olympic swimmer;
• Pieter Gruijters (1967), Dutch Paralympic athleet;
• Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801), Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.