Peter

See also peter, péter, and Péter

English

Etymology

From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from πέτρος (petros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (petra)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /piːtə/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Peter

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1. A male given name.
   • 1911 J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I

     She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.

   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

     What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,

2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Matthew 16:18

     And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;

3. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
4. (rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname.

Derived terms

blue peter Peter Pan

Peter principle rob Peter to pay Paul

Related terms

• given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
• feminine forms: Peta, Petra

surnames

McFedries McFetridge Parkerson Parkin Parkins Parkinson Parkyn Parratt Parrell Parren Parrett Parritt Parrot Parrott Pearce Pears Pearse Pearson Peat Peate Peattie Peddie Peers Peet Peirce Peirse Pell Pells Pelly Perce Perkin Perkins

Perot Perowne Perratt Perret Perrett Perrin Perring Perrins Perris Perriss Perron Perrott Perse Persse Peterkin Peters Peterson Pether Pethers Petre Petrie Pierce Piers Pierse Pierson Pither Pithers Porrett Porritt Purkins

See also

• Petrock
• Petronella

Translations

male given name

• Afrikaans: Pieter (af)
• Albanian: Pjetër (sq)
• Amharic: ጴጥሮስ (am) (p'et'ros)
• Arabic: بطرس (ar) (búTrus) m (cognate), بيتر (ar) (biitar) m (transliteration)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (peṭraus)

• Armenian: Պետրոս (hy) (Petros) (Petros)
• Basque: Peio (eu), Peru (eu), Petri
• Belarusian: Пётр (be) (Pjotr) m, Пятро (be) (Pjatró) m
• Bulgarian: Петър (bg) (Petăr)
• Catalan: Pere (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彼得 (cmn) (Bǐdé) (transliteration), 彼特 (cmn) (Bǐtè) (transliteration)

• Cornish: Peder (kw)
• Czech: Petr (cs) m
• Danish: Peter (da), Peder (da), Per (da) c
• Dutch: Pieter (nl)
• Esperanto: Petro (eo)
• Estonian: Peeter (et)
• Faroese: Petur (fo), Pætur (fo) m, Per (fo) m
• Finnish: Pekka (fi), Pietari (fi)
• French: Pierre (fr) m
• Galician: Pedro (gl)
• German: Peter (de)
• Greek: Πέτρος (el) (Pétros)
• Greenlandic: Piita (kl), Piitaq (kl)
• Hawaiian: Pekelo
• Hebrew: פטר (he) (Peter)
• Hindi: पीटर (hi) (pīṭar)
• Hungarian: Péter (hu)
• Icelandic: Pétur (is) m
• Irish: Peadar (ga)

• Italian: Pietro (it) m, Piero (it)
• Japanese: ピーター (ja) (Pītā) (transliteration)
• Jèrriais: Pièrre m, Piteur m
• Korean: 피터 (ko) (Piteo)
• Latin: Petrus (la)
• Latvian: Pēteris (lv)
• Lithuanian: Petras (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Péiter (lb)
• Macedonian: Петар (mk) (Pétar) m
• Maltese: Pietru (mt)
• Marathi: पीटर (mr) (pīṭara) m
• Mongolian: Петр (mn) (Petr) m
• Northern Sami: Piera
• Norwegian: Peder (no), Peter (no), Petter (no)
• Old Norse: Pétr m
• Polish: Piotr (pl)
• Portuguese: Pedro (pt)
• Romanian: Petru (ro), Petur (ro)
• Russian: Пётр (ru) (Pjotr) m (cognate), Питер (ru) (Píter) m (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Peadar (gd) m, Pàdraig (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Петар (sh) m

  Roman: Petar m

• Slovak: Peter (sk)
• Slovene: Péter (sl) m
• Spanish: Pedro (es)
• Swedish: Per (sv), Peter (sv), Petter (sv)
• Tagalog: Pedro (tl)
• Ukrainian: Петро (uk) (Petró) m (cognate), Пiтер (uk) (Píter) m (transliteration)
• Welsh: Pedr (cy)
• West Frisian: Piter (fy)
• Wolof: Piyeer (wo)

the Apostle

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (peṭraus)

• Armenian: Պետրոս (hy) (Petros)
• Czech: Petr (cs) m
• Danish: Peter (da)
• Dutch: Petrus (nl)
• Estonian: Peetrus (et)
• Faroese: Pætur (fo) m
• Finnish: Pietari (fi)
• French: Pierre (fr) m
• German: Petrus (de)
• Hawaiian: Petero
• Italian: Pietro (it)
• Japanese: in Biblical contexts ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero), ペトロス (Petorosu)
• Jèrriais: Pièrre m
• Latin: Petrus (la)

• Latvian: Pēteris (lv) m
• Macedonian: Петар (mk) (Pétar)
• Mongolian: Петр (mn) (Petr) m, Хад (mn) (Khad) m (rare)
• Northern Sami: Biehtár
• Norwegian: Peter (no)
• Old Norse: Pétr m
• Russian: Пётр (ru) (Pjotr)
• Scottish Gaelic: Peadar (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Petar (sh) m
• Slovak: Peter (sk) m
• Spanish: Pedro (es)
• Swedish: Petrus (sv)
• Tagalog: Pedro (tl)
• Tamil: (Raayappar) (Refers to biblical Peter, not a common name)
• West Frisian: Petrus (fy)
• Wolof: Piyeer (wo)

one of the epistles of Peter

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (peṭraus)

• Danish: Peter, Petersbrev; 1,2, Pet (da)
• Estonian: 1,2 Peetruse, 1,2 Pt
• Finnish: Pietari, Pietarin kirje; 1,2 Piet.
• French: 1; 2 Pierre (fr) f, 1; 2 P (fr) f
• German: (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, 1,2 Petr
• Hawaiian: Petero

• Japanese: ペテロの手紙 (petero no tegami)
• Macedonian: 1;2 Петрово (mk) (Pétrovo) n
• Mongolian: 1; 2 Петр (mn) (Petr), 1; 2 Пт (mn) (Pt)
• Norwegian: Peter, Peters 1./2.brev, 1,2 Pet (no)
• Scottish Gaelic: 1, 2 Peadar (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: 1 (sh), 2 Pt (sh) m
• Swedish: Petrus (sv), Petrusbrevet, 1,2 Pet. (sv)
• Tagalog: Pedro (tl)

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Translations to be checked

• Amharic: ጴጥሮስ (Petros)
• Hindi: पथ्रुस (Pathrus)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: Michael · fee · excellent · #998: Peter · instant · promised · anxious

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from πέτρος (petros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (petra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Proper noun

Peter

1. A male given name.
2. Peter (biblical figure).

   • Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jag bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)

Related terms

• (variants) Peder, Per
• (feminine forms) Pernille, Petra, Petrea, Petrine
• (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 150 294 males with the given name Peter have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Peter ?

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

Related terms

• Piet, Pieter.

Anagrams

• repte

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German

Etymology

From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from πέτρος (petros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (petra)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeːtɐ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Peter m

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• biblical form: Petrus
• feminine form: Petra

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from πέτρος (petros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (petra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Proper noun

Peter

1. A male given name.
2. Peter (biblical figure)

Og det sier jeg deg: Du er Peter; på denne klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke. Bibelen, Matteus 16:18 (1985 transl.)

Related terms

• (male given names) Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
• (feminine names) Pernille, Petra, Petrine
• (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen, Pettersen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4 327 males with the given name Peter (compared to 10 139 named Petter) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Slovak

Proper noun

Peter m (genitive Petra, nominative plural Petrovia), declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpèːtər/
• Tonal: pẹ́tər

Proper noun

Péter m anim.

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

Declension

Declension of Peter (masculine animate, hard)

	singular
nominative	Peter
accusative	Petra
genitive	Petra
dative	Petru
locative	Petru
instrumental	Petrom

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Petros), from πέτρος (petros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (petra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Proper noun

Peter

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• variants: Peder, Per, Percy, Petter, Petrus, Pierre, Pär
• feminine forms: Pernilla, Petra, Petronella

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622:112 253 males with the given name Peter living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.