Peter (given name)

Peter

Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens (1610–1612)
Pronunciation	English: /ˈpiːtər/ PEE-tər Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩] Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ] Dutch: [ˈpeːtər] German: [ˈpeːtɐ] Slovak: [ˈpeter] Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Meaning	Stone/Rock
Other names
Related names	Petter Pjetër Pater Pete Petey/Petie Peoter Pearce Petero Per Peta Petra 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 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-Jona.^[1] An Old English variant is Piers.