Forename Péter

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.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Péter

name Petter, name Πετρος, name Peters, name Peder, name Petelo, name Pēteris, name Pedru, name Πέτρος, name Petri, name Pedro, name Pierre, name Piero, name I, name П'Ер, name Πέτρου, name 彼得, name Pétur, name بيتر, name Pieter, name Pete, name Vesse, name Petru, name Peer, name Pjetër, name Педро, name Bedros, name Peter, name Petur, name Petras, name Piotr, name Pjeter, name Petteri, name Petro, name Kalmar, name Petros, name Per, name Pere, name Vesser, name Pjetur, name Педер, name П'Єр, name Piet, name Peeter, name Petar, name פטר, name Nagy, name Petko, name Петер, name Peru, name Péter, name Pero, name Petr, name Piters, name Pietro, name Petrus

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Péter	Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Germany
بيتر	Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt
彼得	China
Петер	Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia
פטר	Israel

First names said to be same

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,

First name Péter in the context

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.

Notable namesakes

	péter dominikinpoika (b. 1250)
	cudar péter Ban of Slavonia, HU (b. 1326)
	péter lévai cseh voivode of Transylvania (b. 1391)
	péter bebek Hungarian middle age politician (b. 1400)
	péter perényi Voivode of Transylvania, Crown Guard of the Holy Crown of Hungary (b. 1502)
	garázda péter HU (b. 1448)
	kemény péter Hungarian noble (- Abt 1555), HU (b. 1460)
	péter ilosvai selymes Hungarian poet (cca 1520–1580) (b. 1520)
	péter petrovics Hungarian noble, large estate owner (1486-1557), RO (b. 1486)
	péter usaly Hungarian soldier (16th century) (b. 1501)
	péter kákonyi (b. 1501)
	péter pázmány Hungarian Catholic cardinal, theologian and statesman, RO (b. 1570)
	péter radovits Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1540)
	károlyi péter Hungarian reformed pastor (1543-1576), HU (b. 1543)
	péter laskai csókás Hungarian reformed pastor (?-1587), HR (b. 1550)