PETER (NAME)

:''For disambiguation and list of people named "Peter", see: Peter.''
'Peter' is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word ''πέτρα'' (read ''petra'', in Latin used as petro-), meaning rock, or cliff.
According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name ''Rock'' (''Kephas'' or Cephas in Aramaic; ''Petros'' in Greek). The name was later transliterated into Latin as ''Petrus'', from which the English form ''Peter'' derives.

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In other languages

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as ''Peter'' in English:

★ Albanian: Pjetër

★ Amaric: P.et.ros

★ Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros'')

★ Armenian: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect)

★ Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru

★ Belarusian: Пётра (''Piotra'') and Пятро (''Piatro'')

★ Bulgarian: Петър (''Petar'')

★ Catalan: Pere

★ Chinese: 彼得

★ Cornish: Peder

★ Czech: Petr

★ Dutch: Peter, Pieter, Piet (''Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".'')

★ Estonian: Peeter

★ Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri

★ French: Pierre (''Note: True to the Greek, the word for stone in French is also "pierre"'')

★ German: Peter (''Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".'')

★ Greek: Πέτρος (Pronounced Petros)

★ Hindi: Pathrus

★ Hebrew : פטרוס (''Petros'')

★ Hungarian: Péter

★ Icelandic: Pétur

★ Irish: Peadar

★ Italian: Pietro, Piero

★ Korean: 베드로 (''Bedeuro''; or, less commonly, 페트루스; ''Peteuruseu''), 피터 (Piteo)

★ Japanese: ピーター (''Piitaa''), and in Biblical contexts ペトロ (''Petoro''), ペテロ (''Petero''), or ペトロス (''Petorosu'')

★ Latin: Petrus

★ Latvian: Pēteris

★ Lithuanian: Petras

★ Malayalam: Pathros

★ Maltese: Pietru

★ Persian: پطرس (''Petros'')

★ Polish: Piotr, Piotrek (equivalent to Pete), Piotruś (diminutive)

★ Portuguese: Pedro

★ Romanian: Petru

★ Russian: Пётр (''Pyotr''), Петя (''Petya'') (diminutive)

★ Scandinavian languages: Peter, Petter, Peder, Per, Pär, Pelle, Peer (archaic)

★ Serbo-Croatian: Петар (''Petar'')

★ Slovak: Peter

★ Spanish: Pedro

★ Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)

★ Ukrainian: Петро (''Petro''), Петрик (''Petryk'') (diminutive), Петрусь (''Petrus') (diminutive)

★ Welsh: Pedr