Peter (given name)

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. An Old English variant is Piers.

In other languages
The 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
 * 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
 * ปีเตอร์, 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