Meaning & History
Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Peter.
Related Names
Rootpetra
VariantPetre (Macedonian)
DiminutivesPejo, Perica, Pero, Petko (Serbian) Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian) Pencho, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian) Pece, Pero, Petko (Macedonian)
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër (Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic) Bedros, Petros (Armenian) Peru, Petri, Peio (Basque) Piatro, Piotr (Belarusian) Peter (Biblical) Petros (Biblical Greek) Petrus (Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick (Breton) Pere (Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic) Petru (Corsican) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík (Czech) Peder, Peter, Peer, Per (Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petrus, Pier, Piet (Dutch) Peter, Peers, Pete (English) Piers (English (British)) Petro (Esperanto) Peeter (Estonian) Petur (Faroese) Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Peetu, Pekka (Finnish) Pierre, Pierrick, Pierrot (French) Pitter (Frisian) Petre (Georgian) Peter (German) Petros (Greek) Bitrus (Hausa) Pika (Hawaiian) Péter, Peti (Hungarian) Pétur (Icelandic) Peadar, Piaras (Irish) Pietro, Pier, Pierino, Piero (Italian) Pēteris, Pjotrs (Latvian) Pitter, Pit (Limburgish) Petruchio (Literature) Petras (Lithuanian) Piers (Medieval French) Petruccio (Medieval Italian) Petera (Māori) Pièrre (Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Per (Norwegian) Pèire (Occitan) Piotr, Piotrek (Polish) Pedro, Pedrinho (Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț (Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian) Pedru (Sardinian) Peadar (Scottish Gaelic) Peter (Slovak) Peter (Slovene) Pedro (Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per (Swedish) Petro (Ukrainian) Pedr (Welsh)
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Entry updated December 23, 2025