Forename Petar

Around the world, Petar (Петр , Petar , Петър , along with others...) is a widespread masculine forename. The forename Petar is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Croatia, where it is a widespread boy's name, and Kazakhstan, where it is a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Russia, Bulgaria, and Kazakhstan. Much less frequently, Petar is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Petar

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VARIANT	COUNTRY
Петр	Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan
Petar	Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia
Петър	Bulgaria, Russia
Пётр	Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Kazakhstan
Петар	Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Ukraine
彼得	China
פטר	Israel
بيتار	Iran

First names said to be same

Bedros, Kepa, Peadar, Peder, Pedro, Pedru, Peer, Peeter, Peetu, Pehr, Per, Pere, Pero, Peru, Petada, Petelo, Peter, Peters, Petko, Peto, Petr, Petras, Petri, Petro, Petros, Petru, Petrus, Petter, Petteri, Petur, Petyr, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pietari, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr, Piters, Pjeter, Pjetur, Pjetër, Pjotr, Pyotr, Pyè, Pétar, Péter, Pétur, Pēteris, Πέτρος,

First name Petar in the context

Petar 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.

Notable namesakes

	vergerije, petar pavao, st. Italian humanist scholar (1370-1444), SI (b. 1370)
	petar doci Hungarian general (b. 1401)
	petar berislavić Croatian nobleman, HR (b. 1475)
	petar kružić Croatian nobleman and soldier, HR (b. 1491)
	petar ii zrinski (b. 1435)
	petar zoranić Croatian writer, HR (b. 1508)
	petar ii. erdődy Ban of Croatia, HR (b. 1504)
	petar bartučević (b. 1516)
	petar zlojutrić Roman Catholic bishop, BA (b. 1565)
	petar zrinski Croatian military commander, HR (b. 1621)
	petar beneša HR (b. 1586)
	petar petretić Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1604)
	petar kanavelić Venetian writer (1637-1719) (b. 1637)
	petar mrkonjić Hajduk, HR (b. 1645)
	petar keglević Croatian nobleman and military officer, HR (b. 1660)

Characteristic surnames

Pan, Markovic, Mitrovic, Stefanov, Stoyanov, Atanasov, Pavlovic, Petrovic, Popović, Dimitrov, Vasilev, Georgiev, Vuković, Ivanovic, Zivkovic, Milosevic, Stankovic, Kovacevic, Petrović, Jovanovic, Stojanovic, Jankovic, Hristov, Nikolic, Nikolov, Ilic, Maric, Simic, Peric, Popov, Dimov, Lukic, Tomic, Iliev, Matić, Babić, Kostic, Petrov, Petkov, Jurić, Horvat, Ivanov, Marinov, Angelov, Popovic, Todorov, Djordjevic, and Kovačević