{{Short description|Masculine given name}} {{Infobox given name |image = Pope-peter pprubens.jpg |image_size=200px |caption=Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens (1610–1612) | name =Peter | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|p|iː|t|ər}} {{respell|PEE|tər}}<br/>{{IPA|cs|ˈpɛtr̩|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|da|ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|nl|ˈpeːtər|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|de|ˈpeːtɐ|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|sk|ˈpeter|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|sv|ˈpěːtɛr|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = Stone/Rock | region = | languageorigin = Greek | related names = {{Plainlist| * Petter * Pjetër * Pater * Pete * Petey/Petie * Peoter * Pearce * Petero * Per * Peta * Petra * Pierce * Pierre * Pedro * Pier * Piers * Pieter * Pietro * Peadar * Pere * Kepa * Peru * Peio * Boutros * Peterson }} }} '''Peter''' is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek {{lang|grc|Πέτρος}}, ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/Peter#etymonline_v_12787|title = Peter &#124; Origin and meaning of the name peter by Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> 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: ቡትሮስ ("Boutros") * Arabic: بطرس (''Boutros''), بيار ("Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) * Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier * Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in the Western dialect, Petros in the Eastern dialect) * Assamese: পিটাৰ * Asturian: Pedru * Azerbaijani: Pyotr * Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Harkaitz (''Means "Rock" in Basque''), Arkaitz, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) * Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś) * Bengali: পিটার (''Piṭār''), পিতর (''Pitôr'') * Breton: Pêr * Bulgarian: Петър (Petar), 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: Pere * Cebuano: Pedro * Standard Chinese: ** Protestant: 彼得 (Bǐdé) ** Catholic: 伯多祿 (Bóduōlù) * Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (Ṗeṭros) * Cornish: Peder * Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Perica, 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.'') * Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pédor * Esperanto: Petro * Estonian: Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo * Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per * Filipino: Pedro, Pedring (diminutive) * Frisian: Piter, Pier * Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri * French: Pierre (Note: 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.'') * Greek: Πέτρος (Petros) * Guarani: Peru * Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar) * Gungbe: Pita * Haitian Creole: Pierre (pronounced "Pyè") * Hausa: Bitrus * Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (Pīṭar) * Hebrew: פטרוס (Petros), פטר (literally Peter) * Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive) * Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive) * Indonesian: Petrus, Peter * Irish: Piaras, Pierce, Peadar * Italian: Pietro, Pier, Piero (Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra".) * Japanese: ** Protestant: ピーター (Pītā) ** Catholic: ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero) ** Biblical contexts: ペトロス (Petorosu) * Kazakh: Петр (Petr) * Khmer: Pathra * Konkani: Pedru * Korean: 베드로 (Bedro); less commonly, 페트루스 (Petrus); 피터 (Pitə) * Lao: ເປໂຕ (Peot) * Latin: Petrus * Latvian: Pēteris * Lingala: Petelo * Lithuanian: Petras * Lombard: Peder * Low German: Petrus * Luganda: Petero * Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier * Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Питер (Piter), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica) * Malagasy: Petera * Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (''Patrōs''), പീരി ("Peeri" from Pierre) * Maltese: Pietru * Manx: Peddyr * Māori: Petera, Pita * Marathi: पेत्र (Petrə), पेद्रो (Pedro) * Mongolian: Петр (Pyetr) * Montenegrin: Петар (Petar), Перо (Pero) * Nepali: पत्रुस (Patrus) * 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 (old Portuguese) (Note: The word for stone in Portuguese is "pedra".) * Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (Patarasanū) * Quechua: Pidru, Rumi<ref>[https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2016-8-1-1-30-0-rumi-el-nombre-inca-de-las-rocas Rumi, el nombre inca de las rocas]</ref> * Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive) * Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Питер (Piter), Петя (Petya) (diminutive), Петруха (Petrukha) (colloquial) * Samoan: Petelo * Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu * Scottish Gaelic: Peadair * Serbian: Петар (Petar), Петер (Peter), Перо (Pero), Пера (Pera), Перица (Perica), Периша (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 (Peṭrus) *Tagalog: Pedro * Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts) * Telugu: పేతురు (Peturu) * {{langx|th|ปีเตอร์}} ({{RTGS|Pitoe}}), เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts) * Tongan: Pita * Tswana: Petere, Pitoro * Turkish: Kaya (rock), Kayahan (khan of rocks); Petrus, Petros (in biblical contexts) * Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), <s>Пітер (Piter),</s> Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus) (diminutive) * Urdu: پتھر (Rock) or پیٹر (''lit.'' Peter) * Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian) * Venetian: Piero * Vietnamese: Phê-rô * Võro: Piitre * Welsh: Pedr * West Frisian: Petrus * Yoruba: Peteru * Zulu: Petru

==People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)== {{main|List of people with given name Peter}}

==See also== * Pete (nickname), a list of people (excluding Peters) * Pete (given name), a list of people (with the given name) * Petros (disambiguation) * Pierce (disambiguation) * List of people with given name Piotr * List of people with given name Pyotr {{Peter-surname}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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