Forename Peter

Across the world, Peter (Peter , Петр , Petrus , along with others...) is a prevalent male given name. The forename Peter is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Germany, and Slovakia, where it is a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Germany, Nigeria, and the United States. Much less frequently, Peter is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Peter is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Peter

name Pedar, name Pedru, name Pehr, name Petry, name Peer, name Pero, name Petko, name Petro, name Peter, name Petér, name Peder, name Dick, name Petër, name Petrus, name Peetu, name Pearce, name Пётр, name Altpeter, name Peters, name Petyr, name 彼得, name Bedros, name Petersen, name פיטר, name Per, name Peru, name Петр, name Boutros, name Petre, name Petr, name ピーター, name Petur, name Питер, name Петър, name Peta, name Петер, name Πέτρος, name Pere, name John Thomas, name Patch, name Petèr, name Petra, name ปีเตอร์, name Petersburg, name Petru, name Pedro, name Petras, name Petelo, name Petêr, name Petar, name Pelle, name Petrosyan, name بيتر, name Petteri, name Petter, name Petros, name Kepa, name Peeter, name Petri, name Petrel, name Peteｒ, name Pether, name Kalmár

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Peter	United Kingdom, Kenya, Germany, United States, Nigeria
Петр	Belarus, Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan, United States
Petrus	United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Tanzania, Nigeria
Петър	Bulgaria, Russia
Пётр	Belarus, Russia, France, Kazakhstan, United States
بيتر	Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
彼得	China
Петер	Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria
Πέτρος	Greece
ピーター	Japan
פיטר	Israel
Питер	Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia
ปีเตอร์	Thailand

First names said to be same

Altpeter, Bedros, Boutros, Dick, John Thomas, Kalmár, Kepa, Patch, Pearce, Pedar, Peder, Pedro, Pedru, Peer, Peeter, Peetu, Pehr, Pelle, Per, Pere, Pero, Peru, Peta, Petar, Petelo, Peters, Petersburg, Petersen, Peteｒ, Pether, Petko, Petr, Petra, Petras, Petre, Petrel, Petri, Petro, Petros, Petrosyan, Petru, Petry, Petter, Petteri, Petur, Petyr, Petèr, Petér, Petêr, Petër,

First name Peter in the context

Peter is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Peter , the 1st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Patriarch of Antioch and Apostle of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mark; Spider-Man , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, The Amazing Spider-Man; Peter Pan , the fictional character created by J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan; Peter Griffin , the fictional character from the Family Guy franchise and Lord Peter Wimsey , the fictional character in novels and stories written by Dorothy Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	wife of saint peter 1st century Christian woman (b. 1)
	peter apselamus third-century Christian martyr, IL (b. 201)
	peter the deacon deacon (6th century) (b. 450)
	peter the athonite (b. 650)
	peter of capitolias (b. 650)
	peter of friuli Italian duke (b. 701)
	peter the patrician (b. 750)
	peter of atroa abbot and saint (b. 773)
	peter delyan Bulgarian emperor (b. 1001)
	peter of carcassonne (b. 981)
	peter i, count of savoy Margrave of Turin/Suse (b. 1048)
	peter de valognes Norman noble (b. 1001)
	peter 2nd bishop of nice (b. 1035)
	peter de honestis Italian monk (b. 1049)
	peter of poitiers saint, FR (b. 1050)