Peter

Peter
Saint Peter as painted by Peter Paul Rubens.
Pronunciation	piːtʊr, PE-ter, PAY-tur
Gender	Male
Meaning	stone
Origin	Greek
Related names	Pete, Petey, Peadar, Pearce, Pedro, Per, Peta, Petra, Pierre, Piers
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Peter "

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

According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone" in Aramaic.^[2]

In other languages

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English.

Polish

In Polish it is spelled as Piotr. Diminutives/hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio.

Individuals named Piotr may choose their name day from the following dates:^{[citation needed]}

• January 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 18, 28, 31
• February 2, 5, 8, 21, 23, 24
• March 2, 10, 12, 14, 23, 30
• April 6, 15, 26, 28, 29, 30
• May 3, 7, 8, 13, 15, 19, 22
• June 2, 3, 7, 23, 29
• July 2, 7, 8, 12, 25, 30
• August 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 29, 30
• September 2, 9, 10, 12, 17, 23, 25
• October 3, 18, 19
• November 7, 16, 21, 24, 26
• December 4, 6, 9, 21, 25

Other

• Afrikaans: Pieter
• Albanian: Petro, Pjetër, Pjetri
• Amharic: Ṗeṭros
• Arabic: بطرس (Buṭrus)
• Aragonese: Pietro, Pero
• Azerbaijani: Pyotr
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
• Asturian: Pedru
• Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru
• Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
• Bosnian: Petar
• Breton: Per
• Bulgarian: Петър (Petər), Пере, Перо (Pere, Pero), Петьо, Петю (Petyo, Petyu), Пеньо, Пеню, Пенко (Penyo, Penyu, Penko), Пельо, Пелю, Пелко (Pelyo, Pelyu, Pelko); Камен (Kamen) <<"kamen, kamək" in Bulgarian means: stone>>
• Catalan: Pere
• Cebuano language: Pedro
• Chinese:
  • Protestant: 彼得 (Bǐdé)
  • Catholic: 伯多祿 (Bóduōlù)
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: Petar
• 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".)
• Estonian: Peeter
• Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
• Frisian: Piter, Pier
• Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri
• French: Pierre (Note: True to the Greek, 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)
• Haitian Creole: Pyè
• Hindi: Pathrus
• Hebrew : פטרוס (Petros)
• Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive)
• Icelandic: Pétur
• Indian: Kaunteya
• Indonesian: Petrus
• Irish: Peadar
• Italian: Pietro, Piero
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedeuro; or, less commonly, 페트루스; Peteuruseu), 피터 (Piteo)
• Japanese: ピーター (Pītā), and in Biblical contexts ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero), or ペトロス (Petorosu)
• Konkani: Pedru
• Latin: Petrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Lombard: Peder
• Low German: Petrus
• Luxembourgish: Peter
• Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Peritsa)
• Malayalam: Pathrose
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Māori: Petera
• Norman: Pierre
• Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per
• Nahuatl: Pedro
• Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr
• Persian: پطرس (Patras)
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
• Quechua: Pidru
• Romanian: Petru, Petre
• Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Петя (Petya) (diminutive)
• Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
• Scottish Gaelic: Peadar, Peadair
• Serbian: Петар, Petar
• Silesian: Pyjter, Piter
• Slovak: Peter
• Slovene: Peter
• Spanish: Pedro
• Swahili: Petero
• Swedish: Peter, Petter, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle
• Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
• Thai: ปีเตอร์ (Piteor)
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
• Uzbek: Piter
• Venetian: Piero
• Vietnamese: Phêrô
• Welsh: Pedr
• West Frisian: Petrus

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter
2. ^ BehindtheName.com - Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Peter

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