Peter (given name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros, which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa, the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon [bar Jonah]. An Old English variant is Piers.
In other languages
The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English.- Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
- Albanian: Pjetër, Për
- Amharic: ጴጥሮስ
- Arabic: بطرس, بيار, بيتر
- Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier
- Armenian: Պետրոս
- Assamese: পিটাৰ
- Asturian: Pedru
- Azerbaijani: Pyotr
- Basque: Peru, Pello, Pedro, Piarres, Harkaitz, Arkaitz, Petri, Kepa
- Belarusian: Пётр, Пятро, Пятрусь
- Bengali: পিটার, পিতর
- Breton: Pêr
- Bulgarian: Петър, Пере, Перо, Петьо, Петю, Пеньо, Пеню, Пенко, Пельо, Пелю, Пелко, Пешо ; Камен
- Catalan: Pere
- Cebuano: Pedro
- Standard Chinese:
- * Protestant: 彼得
- * Catholic: 伯多祿
- Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ
- Cornish: Peder
- Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Perica, Pera, Pejo
- Czech: Petr, Péťa
- Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
- Dutch: Pieter, Peter, Piet, Pier
- Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pédor
- Esperanto: Petro
- Estonian: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo
- Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
- Filipino: Pedro, Pedring
- Frisian: Piter, Pier
- Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri
- French: Pierre
- Galician: Pedro
- Georgian: პეტრე
- German: Peter
- Greek: Πέτρος
- Guarani: Peru
- Gujarati: પીટર
- Gungbe: Pita
- Haitian Creole: Pierre
- Hausa: Bitrus
- Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर
- Hebrew: פטרוס, פטר
- Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti
- Icelandic: Pétur, Pési
- Indonesian: Petrus, Peter
- Irish: Piaras, Peadar
- Italian: Pietro, Pier, Piero
- Japanese:
- * Protestant: ピーター
- * Catholic: ペトロ, ペテロ
- * Biblical contexts: ペトロス
- Kazakh: Петр
- Khmer: Pathra
- Konkani: Pedru
- Korean: 베드로 ; less commonly, 페트루스 ; 피터
- Lao: ເປໂຕ
- Latin: Petrus
- Latvian: Pēteris
- Lingala: Petelo
- Lithuanian: Petras
- Lombard: Peder
- Low German: Petrus
- Luganda: Petero
- Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier
- Macedonian: Петар, Питер, Петре, Перо, Пере, Перица
- Malagasy: Petera
- Malayalam: പത്രോസ്, പീരി
- Maltese: Pietru
- Manx: Peddyr
- Māori: Petera, Pita
- Marathi: पेत्र, पेद्रो
- Mongolian: Петр
- Montenegrin: Петар, Перо
- Nepali: पत्रुस
- 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
- Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ
- Quechua: Pidru, Rumi
- Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică, Petrișor
- Russian: Пётр, Питер, Петя , Петруха
- Samoan: Petelo
- Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
- Scottish Gaelic: Peadair
- Serbian: Петар, Петер, Перо, Пера, Перица, Периша
- 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
- Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ
- Tagalog: Pedro
- Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar
- Telugu: పేతురు
- , เปโตร
- Tongan: Pita
- Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
- Turkish: Kaya, Kayahan ; Petrus, Petros
- Ukrainian: Петро, Пітер, Петрик , Петрусь
- Urdu: پتھر or پیٹر
- Uzbek: Pyotr
- Venetian: Piero
- Vietnamese: Phê-rô
- Võro: Piitre
- Welsh: Pedr
- Frisian language|West Frisian]: Petrus
- Yoruba: Peteru
- Zulu: Petru