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Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''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 Saint Peter, Simon Bar-Jona. An Old English variant is Piers (name), Piers.

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

* Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
* Albanian language, Albanian: Pjetër, Prel
* Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
* Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription)
* Aragonese language, Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier
* Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: Pyotr
* Armenian language, Armenian: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect)
* Asturian language, Asturian: Pedru
* Basque language, Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism)
* Belarusian language, Belarusian: Пётр (''Piotr''), Пятро (''Piatro''), Пятрусь (''Piatrus'')
* Bengali language, Bengali: পাথর (''Pathor'')
* Breton language, Breton: Pêr
* Bulgarian language, 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 language, Catalan: Pere
* Cebuano language, Cebuano: Pedro
* Standard Chinese:
** Protestant: 彼得 (''Bǐdé'')
** Catholic: 伯多祿 (''Bóduōlù'')
* Coptic language, Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (''Ṗeṭros'')
* Cornish language, Cornish: Peder
* Croatian language, Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Pera, Pejo
* Czech language, Czech: Petr, Péťa (diminutive)
* Danish language, Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
* Dutch language, 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: Petro
* Estonian language, Estonian: Peeter, 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: Pierre (''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
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* 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)

See also

* 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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Masculine given names
Given names of Greek language origin
English masculine given names
German masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
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