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

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