Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

, ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''

petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...

,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated i ...

''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona. An Old English variant is Piers.

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

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans g ...

: Pieter, Petrus * Albanian: Pjetër, Prel * Amharic: ጴጥሮስ ("Ṗeṭros") *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

: بطرس (''

Boutros Boutros, Botros or Butrus ( ar, بطرس ); is the Arabic form of the name ''Peter'', derived from Greek (''Petros''). It is generally used as a male given name, but may also be used as a surname. Notable persons with the name Boutros or varian ...

''), بيار ("

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier *

Azerbaijani Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

: Pyotr *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

: Պետրոս (''Bedros'' in Western dialect, ''Petros'' in Eastern dialect) * Asturian: Pedru * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

: Пётр (''Piotr''), Пятро (''Piatro''), Пятрусь (''Piatrus'') *

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the ...

: 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 Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

: Pere * Cebuano: Pedro *

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standa ...

: **

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

: 彼得 (''Bǐdé'') **

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

: 伯多祿 (''Bóduōlù'') * Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (''Ṗeṭros'') * Cornish: Peder *

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

: Petar, Pero, Periša, 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: Pèdar *

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

: Petro * Estonian: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo * Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per * Filipino: Pedro, Pedring (diminutive) * Frisian: Piter, Pier * Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

(''Note: the word for stone in French is also "pierre"'') * Galician: Pedro * Georgian: პეტრე (''Petre'') *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

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

: 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 Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

: Pathrus, पीटर (''Pīṭar'') *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: פטרוס (''Petros''), פטר (literally Peter) * Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive) * Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive) *

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

: Petrus * Irish: Piaras, Peadar * Italian:

Pietro Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

, Pier, Piero (''Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra"'') * Japanese: **

: ピーター (''Pītā'') **

: ペトロ (''Petoro''), ペテロ (''Petero''), ** Biblical contexts: ペトロス (''Petorosu'') * Khmer: Pathra * Konkani: Pedru *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 베드로 (''Bedro''; or, less commonly, 페트루스; ''Petrus''), 피터 (''Pitə'') * Lao: ເປໂຕ (''Peot'') *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

: Petrus * Latvian: Pēteris *

Lingala Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree ...

: Petelo *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Petras * Lombard: Peder *

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle ...

: Petrus *

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...

: Petero *

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of t ...

: Pit, Pier *

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

: Петар (''Petar''), Питер (''Piter''), Петре (''Petre''), Перо (''Pero''), Пере (''Pere''), Перица (''Perica'') *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

: പത്രോസ് (''Patrōs''), പീരി("Peeri," from Pierre) *

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

: Pietru *

Manx Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man: * Manx people **Manx surnames * Isle of Man It may also refer to: Languages * Manx language, also known as Manx ...

: Peddyr * Māori: Petera, Pita *

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

: पेत्र (petrə), पेद्रो (pedro) * Mongolian: Петр (''Pyetr'') * Montenegrin: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо'') *

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

: पत्रुस (''Patrus'') * Norman: Pierre *

Northern Sami Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ...

: Pekka, Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža, Biehtár * Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per, Pelle, Peder *

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have small ...

: Pedro * Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr * Persian: Pedros, Pedrush * Polish: Piotr. Diminutives/

hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for ...

s 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 Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (''Patarasanū'') * Quechua: Pidru, RumiRumi, el nombre inca de las rocas
/ref> * Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive) * Russian: Пётр (''Pyotr''), Петя (''Petya'') (diminutive), Петруха (''Petrukha'') (colloquial) * Samoan: Petelo * Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

: Peadair *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

: Петар (''Petar''), Перо (''Pero''), Пера (''Pera''), Перица (''Perica''), Периша (''Periša'') *

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

: Petar (''Петар''), Pero (''Перо''), Pera (''Пера''), Perica (''Перица''), Periša (''Периша''), * Sicilian: Pietru *

Silesian Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia. Silesian may also refer to: People and languages * Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West S ...

: Pyjter, Piter * Sinhala: Peduru * Slovak: Peter, Peťo * Slovene: * Spanish: Pedro *

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

: Petero *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Peter, Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle (''Note: The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus.")'' * Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus) *

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

: Pedro * Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts) *

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

: పేతురు Peturu * th, ปีเตอร์ (), เปโตร (''Petro, in biblical contexts'') * Tongan: పేతురు Pita * Tswana: Petere, Pitoro *

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: Petro, Petrus * Ukrainian: Петро (''Petro''), Пітер (''Piter''), Петрик (''Petryk'') (diminutive), Петрусь (''Petrus'') (diminutive) *

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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: (Rock, پتھر) or (''lit.'' Peter, پیٹر) * Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian) *

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

: Piero * Vietnamese: Phi Thơ * Võro: Piitre *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: Pedr * West Frisian: Petrus *

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba consti ...

: Peteru * Zulu: Petru

People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)

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