Type Word
Usage Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
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Given Name DescendantsPjetër (Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic) Bedros, Petros (Armenian) Peru, Petri (Basque) Piatro, Piotr (Belarusian) Peter (Biblical) Petros (Biblical Greek) Petrus (Biblical Latin) Per (Breton) Petar, Petra, Petrana (Bulgarian) Pere (Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic) Petru (Corsican) Petar, Petra (Croatian) Petr, Petra (Czech) Peder, Peter (Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petra, Petrus, Pier (Dutch) Pearce, Peter, Petra, Pierce, Peers (English) Peta (English (Australian)) Piers (English (British)) Petro (Esperanto) Peeter (Estonian) Petur (Faroese) Petra, Petri, Petteri, Pietari (Finnish) Pierre (French) Pitter (Frisian) Petre (Georgian) Peter, Petra (German) Petros, Petroula (Greek) Bitrus (Hausa) Pika (Hawaiian) Péter, Petra (Hungarian) Pétur (Icelandic) Peadar, Pearse, Piaras (Irish) Piera, Piero, Pietra, Pietro, Pier (Italian) Pēteris, Pjotrs (Latvian) Pitter (Limburgish) Petras (Lithuanian) Petar, Petre (Macedonian) Piers (Medieval French) Petera (Māori) Pièrre (Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter (Norwegian) Pèire (Occitan) Piotr (Polish) Pedro (Portuguese) Petre, Petru (Romanian) Pyotr (Russian) Pedru (Sardinian) Peadar (Scottish Gaelic) Petar (Serbian) Peter, Petra (Slovak) Peter, Petra (Slovene) Pedro, Petra (Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petra, Petter, Pierre (Swedish) Petro (Ukrainian) Pedr (Welsh)
Surname DescendantsBedrosian, Petrosyan (Armenian) Petrov, Petrova (Bulgarian) Peralta (Catalan) Petrić, Petrović (Croatian) Pedersen, Petersen (Danish) Peeters, Peter, Peters, Pieters (Dutch) Pearce, Pearse, Pearson, Peter, Peters, Peterson, Pierce, Pierson (English) Peeters (Flemish) Perrier, Pierre (French) Peter, Peters (German) Péter (Hungarian) Di Pietro, Petri, Pietri (Italian) Peeters (Limburgish) Petraitienė, Petraitis, Petraitytė, Petrauskaitė, Petrauskas, Petrauskienė (Lithuanian) Petrovska, Petrovski (Macedonian) Pedersen, Petersen, Pettersen (Norwegian) Pietrzak (Polish) Peralta, Pires (Portuguese) Petran, Petre, Petrescu (Romanian) Petrov, Petrova (Russian) Petrović (Serbian) Peralta, Pérez, Perez (Spanish) Petersson, Pettersson (Swedish) Petrenko (Ukrainian)
Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry pe/tra, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dpe%2Ftra.
- Lewis, Charlton T. and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary, entry petra1, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dpetra1.
Entry updated May 26, 2026