Peter (given name)
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived from Greek Πέτρος, Petros. An Old English variant is Piers.In other languages
The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English
- Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus
- Albanian: Petro, Petra, Pjetër, Pjetri
- Amharic: ጴጥሮስ
- Arabic: بطرس, بيار, بيتر
- Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier.
- Azerbaijani: Pyotr
- Armenian: Պետրոս
- Asturian: Pedru
- Basque: Peru, Pello, Pedro, Piarres, Petri, Kepa
- Belarusian: Пётр, Пятро, Пятрусь
- 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, Pera, Pejo, Nino
- Czech: Petr, Péťa
- Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
- Dutch: Pieter, Peter, Piet, Pier
- Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pèdar
- 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
- Haitian Creole: Pyè. The name is spelled "Pierre" and pronounced "pyè"; also meaning "stone".
- Hausa: Bitrus
- Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर
- Hebrew: פטרוס, פטר
- Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti
- Icelandic: Pétur, Pési
- Indonesian: Petrus
- 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
- Khmer: Pathra
- Konkani: Pedru
- Korean: 베드로, 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
- Malayalam: പത്രോസ്, പീരി
- Maltese: Pietru
- Manx: Peddyr
- Māori: Petera, Pita
- Marathi: पेत्र, पेद्रो
- Mongolian: Петр
- Montenegrin: Petar, Pero
- Nepali: पत्रुस
- Norman: Pierre
- Northern Sami: Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža
- 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
- Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică, Petrișor
- Russian: Пётр, Петя, Петруха
- Samoan: Petelo
- Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu
- Scottish Gaelic: Petar, Pater
- Serbian: Петар, Перо, Пера, Перица, Периша
- Serbo-Croatian: Petar, Pero, Pera, Perica, Periša,
- 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
- Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar
- Telugu: Peturu
- Thai: ปีเตอร์, เปโตร
- Tswana: Petere, Pitoro
- Turkish: Petro, Petrus
- Ukrainian: Петро, Пітер, Петрик , Петрусь
- Urdu: پیٹر
- Uzbek: Pyotr
- Venetian: Piero
- Vietnamese: Phêrô, Phi Thơ, Phật Tổ
- Võro: Piitre
- Welsh: Pedr
- West Frisian: Petrus
- Yoruba: Peteru
- Zulu: Petru
People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)
- List of people named Peter
