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Peter (given name)
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Peter
Pope-peter pprubens.jpg
Saint Peter as painted by Peter Paul Rubens'
Pronunciation /ˈpiːtər/
German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ]
Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər]
Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɛr]
Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtɛr]
Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter]
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Greek
Meaning Stone
Other names
Related names Pete, Petey/Petie, Peoter, Pearce, Petero, Per, Peta, Petra, Pierre, Pedro, Piers
Look up Peter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock".[1]

According to the New Testament, Jesus gave Saint Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone" in Aramaic.[2] Saint Peter, according to ancient tradition, became the first bishop of Rome. Roman Catholics consider him to have been the first Pope and all subsequent popes to have been his successors, and therefore sometimes refer to the Pope or the Papacy itself as Peter.
In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English

Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
Albanian: Petro, Pjetër, Pjetri
Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros")
Arabic: بطرس (Boutros), بيار ("Pierre", mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter", exact transcription)
Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier.
Azerbaijani: Pyotr
Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
Asturian: Pedru
Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism)
Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
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)
Cornish: Peder
Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Pera, Pejo, Nino
Czech: Petr
Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
Dutch: Pieter, Peter (Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".)
Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pèdar
Esperanto: Petro
Estonian: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus
Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
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)
Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar)
Haitian Creole: Pyè. The name is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "pyè"; also meanining "stone".
Hausa: Bitrus
Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (Pīṭar)
Hebrew: פטרוס (Petros), פיטר (literally Peter)
Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive)
Indonesian: Petrus
Irish: Piaras, Peadar
Italian: Pietro, Piero (Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra")
Khmer: Pathra
Korean: 베드로 (Bedeuro; or, less commonly, 페트루스; Peteuruseu), 피터 (Piteo)
Japanese:
Protestant: ピーター (Pītā)
Catholic: ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero),
Biblical contexts: ペトロス (Petorosu)
Konkani: Pedru
Lao: ເປໂຕ (Peot)
Latin: Petrus
Latvian: Pēteris
Lingala: Petelo
Lithuanian: Petras
Lombard: Peder
Low German: Petrus
Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier
Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Питер (Piter), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica)
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: Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža
Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per, Pelle, Peder
Nahuatl: Pedro
Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr
Persian: پدرام (Pedrām)
Polish: Piotr. Diminutives/hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio. Piotr has several name days in Poland.
Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (Patarasanū)
Quechua: Pidru
Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive)
Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Петя (Petya) (diminutive), Питер (Piter)
Samoan: Petelo
Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
Scottish Gaelic: Petar, Pater
Serbian: 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: Pyjter, Piter
Sinhala: Peduru
Slovak: Peter, Petr
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)
Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
Telugu: Peturu
Thai: ปีเตอร์ (Pitoer)
Turkish: Petro, Petrus
Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
Urdu: پیٹر
Uzbek: Piter
Venetian: Piero
Vietnamese: Phật Tổ, Phi Thơ, Phêrô
Võro: Piitre
Welsh: Pedr
West Frisian: Petrus
Yoruba: Peteru
Zulu: Petru