| Group info: | | Meaning/translation: | the rock, the stone |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin, male: | known from Saint Peter, the apostle |
| | before he was given the name Peter (or, more exactly, Aramaic Cephas) by Jesus he was known as Simon |
| Words: | petros = the stone, the rock Old Greek |
| | cephas = the stone Aramaic |
| Topics: | 12 Apostles, New Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Peter Germany 2005, 1:Piotr Poland 2012, 2:Per Norway 2015, 2:Petra Croatia 2009, 3:Pierre France 2011, 3:Petr Czechia 2015, 4:Pedro Brazil 2015, 4:Petar Croatia 2022, 5:Péter Hungary 2003, 5:Penka Bulgaria 2011 |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
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| German | Petra | Peer, Per, Peter, Pit, Pitt |
| Scandinavian | | Peder, Pelle, Peter, Petter |
| Dutch | | Peer, Per, Pieter |
| Spanish | | Pedro |
| Portuguese | | Pedro |
| Italian | Piera, Pierina, Pietra | Piero, Pietro |
| French | Perrine, Pierrette, Pierrine | Pierre, Pierrick |
| English | Petra | Pete, Peter, Pierce, Piers |
| Low German | | Peer, Per |
| Czech | | Petr |
| Romanian | | Petre, Petru |
| Russian | | Pjotr |
| Albanian | | Pjeter |
| Breton | | Pierrick |
| Slavic | | Pero, Petar |
| Hungarian | Petra | Péter |
| Rhaeto-Romanic | | Peder, Peider |
| Polish | Piotra | Piotr |
| Finnish | | Peetu, Pekka, Petri, Petteri, Pietari |
| Bulgarian | Penka, Petya | |
| Latin | | Petrus |
| Icelandic | | Pétur, Pjetur |
| Old Greek | | Petros |
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| Name variants: 10 female and 36 male name variants, sorted by name and gender |
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