Boutros

Boutros

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈbutˤrus] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈbotˁɾos]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Stone"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Botros, Butrus
Related names	Peter, Pierre, Pedro

Boutros (Arabic: بطرس), also transliterated as Botros and Butrus, is the Arabic form of the name Peter. It is generally used as a male given name, but may also be used as a surname. Its use is confined to the Christian community.

Notable persons with the name Boutros or variants include:

Given name

• Pope Peter V of Alexandria (reigned 1340 to 1348), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
• Pope Peter VI of Alexandria (reigned 1718 to 1726), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
• Pope Peter VII of Alexandria (reigned 1809 to 1852), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
• Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1777–1851), Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
• Butrus al-Bustani (1818–1883), Lebanese writer and scholar
• Boutros Ghali (1846–1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
• Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (born 1920), patriarch emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Church
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), Egyptian diplomat
• Boutros Khawand (born 1940), Lebanese politician, kidnapped and now missing
• Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (born 1940), Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
• Boutros Harb (born 1944), Lebanese politician
• Youssef Boutros Ghali (born 1952), Egyptian politician

Surname

• Basimah Yusuf Butrus (born 1963), Iraqi Assyrian politician
• Hossam Boutros-Messiha, now Jean Messiha (born 1970), French political advisor and candidate
• Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer
• Zakaria Botros (born 1934), Egyptian Coptic priest