Peter is a common masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''

petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

,'' 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. An

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

variant is Piers.

In other languagess The following names can be interpreted as ''Peter'' in English.

* Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus *

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Pjetër, Prel *

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") * Arabic: بطرس (''

Boutros Boutros, Botros or Butrus ( ar, بطرس ); is the Arabic form of the name ''Peter'', derived from Greek (''Petros''). It is generally used as a male given name, but may also be used as a surname. Notable persons with the name Boutros or varian ...

''), بيار ("

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier *

Azerbaijani Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

: Pyotr * Armenian: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect) * Asturian: Pedru * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Пётр (''Piotr''), Пятро (''Piatro''), Пятрусь (''Piatrus'') * 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 Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

: Pere * Cebuano: Pedro *

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern Standar ...

: ** Protestant: 彼得 (''Bǐdé'') ** Catholic: 伯多祿 (''Bóduōlù'') * Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (''Ṗeṭros'') * Cornish: Peder *

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

: Petar, Pero, Periša, 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: Pèdar *

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

: Petro *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo * Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per * Filipino: Pedro, Pedring (diminutive) * Frisian: Piter, Pier * Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

(''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 Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...

: 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 Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

: Petrus * 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 Pēteris is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Peter and may refer to: *Pēteris Dzelzītis (1921–1948), Latvian soldier and partisan *Pēteris Juraševskis (1872–1945), Latvian politician and former Prime Min ...

* Lingala: Petelo *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Petras * Lombard: Peder *

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

: Petrus *

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...

: Petero * Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

: Петар (''Petar''), Питер (''Piter''), Петре (''Petre''), Перо (''Pero''), Пере (''Pere''), Перица (''Perica'') * Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (''Patrōs''), പീരി("Peeri," from Pierre) *

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

: Pietru *

Manx Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man: * Manx people **Manx surnames * Isle of Man It may also refer to: Languages * Manx language, also known as Manx ...

: Peddyr * Māori: Petera, Pita *

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

: पेत्र (petrə), पेद्रो (pedro) * Mongolian: Петр (''Pyetr'') * Montenegrin: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо'') *

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

: पत्रुस (''Patrus'') * Norman: Pierre * Northern Sami: Pekka, Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža, Biehtár * Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per, Pelle, Peder *

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

: Pedro * Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr * Persian: Pedros, Pedrush * Polish: Piotr.

Diminutives A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

/ hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio. Piotr has several

name days in Poland Traditionally, name day celebrations ( pl, imieniny) have often enjoyed a celebratory emphasis greater than that of birthday celebrations in Poland. However, birthday celebrations are increasingly popular and important, particularly among the young ...

. * Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese) (''Note: the word for stone in Portuguese is "pedra"'') *

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (''Patarasanū'') * Quechua: Pidru, RumiRumi, el nombre inca de las rocas
/ref> * 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 Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

: Петар (''Petar''), Перо (''Pero''), Пера (''Pera''), Перица (''Perica''), Периша (''Periša'') * Serbo-Croatian: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо''), Pera (''Пера''), Perica (''Перица''), Periša (''Периша''), * Sicilian: Pietru *

Silesian Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia. Silesian may also refer to: People and languages * Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West S ...

: Pyjter, Piter * Sinhala: Peduru * Slovak: Peter, Peťo * Slovene: * Spanish: Pedro *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

: Petero *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Peter, Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle (''Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus.")'' * Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus) *

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

: Pedro * Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts) *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: పేతురు Peturu * th, ปีเตอร์ (), เปโตร (''Petro, in biblical contexts'') * Tongan: పేతురు Pita * Tswana: Petere, Pitoro *

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: Petro, Petrus * Ukrainian: Петро (''Petro''), Пітер (''Piter''), Петрик (''Petryk'') (diminutive), Петрусь (''Petrus'') (diminutive) * Urdu: (Rock, پتھر) or (''lit.'' Peter, پیٹر) * Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian) *

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

: Piero * Vietnamese: Phi Thơ * Võro: Piitre *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: Pedr * West Frisian: Petrus *

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba consti ...

: Peteru * Zulu: Petru

People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)

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