Peter is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning "stone" (petra in Latin), which is used in the form petro- to mean rock.

According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Rock (Kephas or Cephas in Aramaic). The name was later transliterated into Latin as Petrus, from which the English form Peter derives.

In other languages

• Afrikaans: Pieter
• Albanian: Pjetër
• Amharic: P.et.ros
• Arabic: بطرس (Boutros)
• Armenian: Պետրոս (Bedros in Western dialect, Petros in Eastern dialect)
• Basque: Kepa, Peio, Peru
• Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś)
• Bulgarian: Петър (Petar)
• Catalan: Pere
• Chinese: 彼得 (bi3de2, pite )
• Cornish: Peder
• Croatian: Petar
• Czech: Petr
• Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle
• Dutch: Pieter
• Estonian: Peeter
• Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per
• Frisian: Pier (see Pier Gerlofs Donia)
• Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri
• French: Pierre (Note: True to the Greek, the word for stone in French is also "pierre")
• German: Peter (Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly. The Biblical Peter is translated as "Petrus".)
• Greek: Πέτρος (Pronounced Petros)
• Hindi: Pathrus
• Hebrew : פטרוס (Petros)
• Hungarian: Péter
• Icelandic: Pétur
• Indian: Kaunteya
• Irish: Peadar
• Italian: Pietro, Piero
• Korean: 베드로 (Bedeuro; or, less commonly, 페트루스; Peteuruseu), 피터 (Piteo)
• Japanese: ピーター (Piitaa), and in Biblical contexts ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero), or ペトロス (Petorosu)
• Konkani:Pedru
• Latin: Petrus
• Latvian: Pēteris
• Lithuanian: Petras
• Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Петре (Petre)
• Malayalam: Pathrose
• Maltese: Pietru
• Manx: Peddyr
• Norwegian: Peter, Petter, Per
• Persian: پطرس (Petros)
• Polish: Piotr, Piotrek (equivalent to Pete), Piotruś (diminutive)
• Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese)
• Romanian: Petru, Petre
• Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Петя (Petya) (diminutive)
• Serbian: Петар, Petar
• Silesian: Pyjter, Piter
• Slovak: Peter
• Slovenian: Peter
• Spanish: Pedro
• Swahili: Petero
• Swedish: Peter, Per, Pär, Pelle
• Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts)
• Ukrainian: Петро (Petro), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus') (diminutive)
• Welsh: Pedr

References

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/peter
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Peter