Meaning, origin and history of the name Pier

Gender Masculine

Pronounced Pron. /ˈpjɛr/ (Italian) /ˈpiːr/ (Dutch) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Italian and Dutch variant form of Peter. In Italian, this form is often used in combination with another name.

VariantsPiero, Pietro (Italian) Peter, Petrus, Pieter (Dutch)

DiminutivePiet (Dutch)

Other Languages & CulturesPjetër (Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic) Bedros, Petros (Armenian) Peio, Peru, Petri (Basque) Piatro, Piotr (Belarusian) Peter (Biblical) Petros (Biblical Greek) Petrus (Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick (Breton) Petar, Pencho, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian) Pere (Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic) Petru (Corsican) Pejo, Perica, Pero, Petar (Croatian) Péťa, Peťa, Petr, Petřík (Czech) Peder, Peer, Per, Peter (Danish) Peers, Pete, Peter (English) Piers (English (British)) Petro (Esperanto) Peeter (Estonian) Petur (Faroese) Peetu, Pekka, Petri, Petteri, Pietari (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) Pjotrs, Pēteris (Latvian) Pit, Pitter (Limburgish) Petruchio (Literature) Petras (Lithuanian) Petar, Petre, Pece, Pero, Petko (Macedonian) Piers (Medieval French) Petruccio (Medieval Italian) Petera (Māori) Pièrre (Norman) Peder, Peer, Per, Peter, Petter (Norwegian) Pèire (Occitan) Piotr, Piotrek (Polish) Pedrinho, Pedro (Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț (Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian) Pedru (Sardinian) Peadar (Scottish Gaelic) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero, Petko (Serbian) Peter (Slovak) Peter (Slovene) Pedro (Spanish) Pär, Peder, Pehr, Pelle, Per, Peter, Petter, Pierre (Swedish) Petro (Ukrainian) Pedr (Welsh)

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