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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 Piers may refer to: * Pier, a raised structure over a body of water * Pier (architecture), an architectural support * Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) * Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages ...

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 Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

: 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 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 Coptic may refer to: Afro-Asia * Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya * Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century * Coptic alphabet ...

: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (''Ṗeṭros'') * Cornish: Peder * Croatian: 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

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Peeter Peeter is a masculine given name, a cognate of the name Peter. It exists in Estonian, Flemish and Dutch languages. The Flemish/Dutch name may also be written as Pieter and occasionally translated as Peter. Notable people with the given name inc ...

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

(''Note: the word for stone in French is also "pierre"'') * Galician language, Galician: Pedro * Georgian language, Georgian: პეტრე (''Petre'') * German language, German: Peter (''Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus."'') * Greek: Πέτρος (''Petros'') * Guarani language, Guarani Peru * Gujarati language, Gujarati: પીટર (''Pīṭar'') * Gun language, Gungbe: Pita * Haitian Creole: Pyè. The name is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "pyè"; also meaning "stone." * Hausa language, Hausa: Bitrus * Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (''Pīṭar'') * Hebrew language, Hebrew: פטרוס (''Petros''), פטר (literally Peter) * Hungarian language, Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive) * Icelandic language, Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive) * Indonesian language, Indonesian: Petrus * Irish language, Irish: Piaras, Peadar * Italian language, Italian: Pietro, Pier, Piero (''Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra"'') * Japanese language, Japanese: ** Protestantism, Protestant: ピーター (''Pītā'') ** Catholic Church, Catholic: ペトロ (''Petoro''), ペテロ (''Petero''), ** Biblical contexts: ペトロス (''Petorosu'') * Khmer language, Khmer: Pathra * Konkani language, Konkani: Pedru * Korean language, Korean: 베드로 (''Bedro''; or, less commonly, 페트루스; ''Petrus''), 피터 (''Pitə'') * Lao language, Lao: ເປໂຕ (''Peot'') * Latin: Petrus * Latvian language, Latvian: Pēteris * Lingala language, Lingala: Petelo * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: Petras * Lombard language, Lombard: Peder * Low German: Petrus * Luganda: Petero * Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier * Macedonian language, Macedonian: Петар (''Petar''), Питер (''Piter''), Петре (''Petre''), Перо (''Pero''), Пере (''Pere''), Перица (''Perica'') * Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (''Patrōs''), പീരി("Peeri," from Pierre) * Maltese language, Maltese: Pietru * Manx language, Manx: Peddyr * Māori language, Māori: Petera, Pita * Marathi language, Marathi: पेत्र (petrə), पेद्रो (pedro) * Mongolian language, Mongolian: Петр (''Pyetr'') * Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо'') * Nepali language, Nepali: पत्रुस (''Patrus'') * Norman language, Norman: Pierre * Northern Sami: Pekka, Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža, Biehtár * Norwegian language, Norwegian: Peter, Petter (given name), Petter, Per (given name), Per, Pelle (given name), Pelle, Peder * Nahuatl: Pedro * Occitan language, Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr * Persian language, Persian: Pedros, Pedrush * Polish language, Polish: Piotr. Diminutives/hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio. Piotr has several name days in Poland. * Portuguese language, Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese) (''Note: the word for stone in Portuguese is "pedra"'') * Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (''Patarasanū'') * Quechua languages, Quechua: Pidru, RumiRumi, el nombre inca de las rocas
/ref> * Romanian language, Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive) * Russian language, Russian: Пётр (''Pyotr''), Петя (''Petya'') (diminutive), Петруха (''Petrukha'') (colloquial) * Samoan language, Samoan: Petelo * Sardinian language, Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu * Scottish Gaelic: Peadair * Serbian language, Serbian: Петар (''Petar''), Перо (''Pero''), Пера (''Pera''), Перица (''Perica''), Периша (''Periša'') * Serbo-Croatian: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо''), Pera (''Пера''), Perica (''Перица''), Periša (''Периша''), * Sicilian language, Sicilian: Pietru * Silesian language, Silesian: Pyjter, Piter * Sinhala language, Sinhala: Peduru * Slovak language, Slovak: Peter, Peťo * Slovene language, Slovene: * Spanish language, Spanish: Pedro * Swahili language, Swahili: Petero * Swedish language, Swedish: Peter, Petter (given name), Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle (''Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus.")'' * Syriac language, Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus) *Tagalog language, Tagalog: Pedro * Tamil language, Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts) * Telugu language, Telugu: పేతురు Peturu * th, ปีเตอร์ (), เปโตร (''Petro, in biblical contexts'') * Tongan language, Tongan: పేతురు Pita * Tswana language, Tswana: Petere, Pitoro * Turkish language, Turkish: Petro, Petrus * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Петро (''Petro''), Пітер (''Piter''), Петрик (''Petryk'') (diminutive), Петрусь (''Petrus'') (diminutive) * Urdu: (Rock, پتھر) or (''lit.'' Peter, پیٹر) * Uzbek language, Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian) * Venetian language, Venetian: Piero * Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Phi Thơ * Võro language, Võro: Piitre * Welsh language, Welsh: Pedr * West Frisian language, West Frisian: Petrus * Yoruba language, Yoruba: Peteru * Zulu language, Zulu: Petru

People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)

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