Pétros
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/petɾos/(machine-generated) Greek · model-generated · read from πετρος
Pétros is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Transliteration of Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. The Armenian name is from Armenian Պետրոս (Petros), from the same Greek name. Cognate with English Peter.
- GRGreece≈1 in 350(inferred from the name graph)
- HUHungary1 in 72as Péter
- SESweden1 in 90as Peter
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Pétros itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- #109 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 662 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 345 (inferred from the name graph)
≈820,000 named Peter, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Peter in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 7 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- GreekΠέτροςPétros(measured from records)
- ArmenianՊետրոսPetros(measured from records)
Transliteration of Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. The Armenian name is from Armenian Պետրոս (Petros), from the same Greek name. Cognate with English Peter.
Cited for this meaning 2
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Pétros counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #6 | ≈820,000 est. | ≈1 in 102 | listed | Peter | 350 |
| NG Nigeria | #22 | ≈710,000 est. | ≈1 in 328 | — | Peter | 171 |
| US United States | #77 | 464,396as Peter | 1 in 716 | 464K | Peter | 662 |
| GB United Kingdom | #20 | ≈360,000 est. | ≈1 in 193 | 7 | Peter | 465 |
| AU Australia | #9 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 140 | 4 | Peter | 391 |
| HU Hungary | #4 | 135,685as Péter | 1 in 72 | 136K | Peter | 237 |
| SE Sweden | #18 | 112,872as Peter | 1 in 90 | 113K | Peter | 196 |
| AT Austria | #8 | ≈79,000 est. | ≈1 in 117 | 9.6K | Peter | 218 |
| DK Denmark | #2 | 45,777as Peter | 1 in 128 | 46K | Peter | 253 |
| GR Greece | #65 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 345 | 234 | Peter | 170 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Petros Mavromichalisb. 1765GRGreek notable of Mani, revolutionary army leader, and politician
- Petros Persakisb. 1879GRgymnast (1879–1952)
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmarkb. 1908GRanthropologist, specialising in Tibetan beliefs and customs
- Petros Molyviatisb. 1928GRGreek politician
- Petros Papadakisb. 1977USSports announcer, radio personality
- Auguste Corteaub. 1979GRnot in their usual nameGreek writer
- Petros Mantalosb. 1991GRGreek footballer
- Petros Chrysochosb. 1996CYCypriot tennis player
- Petros Tsitsipasb. 2000GRGreek tennis player
- Petrus SiculusITnot in their usual nameByzantine writer (-870)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pétros mean, and where does it come from?
- Transliteration of Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. The Armenian name is from Armenian Պետրոս (Petros), from the same Greek name. Cognate with English Peter. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Pétros?
- In Greek /petɾos/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Pétros a male or female name?
- Pétros is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Pétros have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 817 thousand people named Peter in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Pétros?
- In the United States, the national register counted 464,396 people named Peter in 2020, about 1 in 716 residents.
- How common is Pétros compared with other names?
- In Germany, Pétros is the 6th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Pétros?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/p%C3%A9trosThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pétros” — the 6th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.