Globally, Péter (Péter 
, بيتر 
, 彼得 
, among others...) is a common primarily boy's, but very infrequently girly given name. The given name Péter is habitual in Hungary, where it is quite a common boy's name, Egypt, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name, and Romania, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Hungary, and China. Much less frequently, Péter is the last name as well as the forename.
Péter is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Péter | Germany, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia |
| بيتر | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq |
| 彼得 | China |
| Петер | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine |
| פטר | Israel |
Bedros, I, Kalmar, Nagy, Peder, Pedro, Pedru, Peer, Peeter, Per, Pere, Pero, Peru, Petar, Pete, Petelo, Peter, Peters, Petko, Petr, Petras, Petri, Petro, Petros, Petru, Petrus, Petter, Petteri, Petur, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Piters, Pjeter, Pjetur, Pjetër, Pétur, Pēteris, Vesse, Vesser, Πέτρος, Πέτρου, Πετρος, П'Ер, П'Єр, Педер, Педро,
Péter 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 Jay Garrick , the fictional character in the DC Comics universe, The Flash, and in many other works.
| péter dominikinpoika (b. 1250) |
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| cudar péter Ban of Slavonia, HU (b. 1326) |
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| péter lévai cseh voivode of Transylvania (b. 1391) |
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| péter bebek Hungarian middle age politician (b. 1400) |
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péter perényi Voivode of Transylvania, Crown Guard of the Holy Crown of Hungary (b. 1502) |
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| garázda péter HU (b. 1448) |
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| kemény péter Hungarian noble (- Abt 1555), HU (b. 1460) |
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péter ilosvai selymes Hungarian poet (cca 1520–1580) (b. 1520) |
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| péter petrovics Hungarian noble, large estate owner (1486-1557), RO (b. 1486) |
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| péter usaly Hungarian soldier (16th century) (b. 1501) |
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| péter kákonyi (b. 1501) |
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péter pázmány Hungarian Catholic cardinal, theologian and statesman, RO (b. 1570) |
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| péter radovits Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1540) |
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| károlyi péter Hungarian reformed pastor (1543-1576), HU (b. 1543) |
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| péter laskai csókás Hungarian reformed pastor (?-1587), HR (b. 1550) |
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