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

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Peter	Germany, Nigeria, United States, Kenya, United Kingdom
Петр	Germany, Kazakhstan, Belarus, United States, Russia
Petrus	Germany, Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, Tanzania
Петър	Russia, Bulgaria
Пётр	Kazakhstan, France, Belarus, United States, Russia
بيتر	Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
彼得	China
Петер	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
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)