Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, 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.[1] An Old English variant is Piers.
Pronunciation | English: /ˈpiːtər/ PEE-tər Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩] Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ] Dutch: [ˈpeːtər] German: [ˈpeːtɐ] Slovak: [ˈpeter] Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Greek |
Meaning | Stone/Rock |
Other names | |
Related names |
In other languages
editThe 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, Perica, 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, Peter
- 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[2]
- 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)
- Sicilian: Pietru
- Silesian: Pyjter, Piter
- Sinhala: Peduru
- Slovak: Peter, Peťo
- 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)
- Tagalog: Pedro
- Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
- Telugu: పేతురు Peturu
- Thai: ปีเตอร์ (RTGS: Pitoe), เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts)
- Tongan: Pita
- Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
- Turkish: Kaya (rock), Kayahan (khan of rocks); Petrus, Petros (in biblical contexts)
- 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)
editSee also
edit- 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
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