Meaning & History
Dutch form of Peter. This name was borne by the Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525-1569).
Related Names
Rootpetra
DiminutivePiet
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) Petar, Pencho, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian) Pere (Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic) Petru (Corsican) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík (Czech) Peder, Peter, Peer, Per (Danish) 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) Petar, Petre, Pece, Pero, Petko (Macedonian) 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) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero, Petko (Serbian) Peter (Slovak) Peter (Slovene) Pedro (Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per (Swedish) Petro (Ukrainian) Pedr (Welsh)
Surname DescendantPieters (Dutch)
User SubmissionPiëter
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Entry updated April 23, 2024