Peter

From Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpitɚ/

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Peter

1. A male given name.
   • 1911 J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I

     She knew of no Peter, and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.

   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

     What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,

2. The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 16:18:

     And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;

3. (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

   Synonym: Pet. (abbreviation)

4. (rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname​.

• given name variants: Peers, Percy, Pete, Petey, Pierce, Piers
• feminine forms: Peta, Petra

• Petrock
• Petronella

• Peret, Petre, Prete, peert, petre, repet.

From English Peter, from Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra).

Peter

1. a male given name

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːˀtər/, [ˈpʰeːˀd̥ɐ]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /petər/, [pʰed̥ɐ]

Peter

1. A male given name.
2. Peter (biblical figure).

   • Og jeg siger dig, at du er Peter, og på den klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke, --- Bibelen, Matthæus 16:18 (1992 transl.)

• (variants) Peder, Per
• (feminine forms) Pernille, Petra, Petrea, Petrine
• (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 150 294 males with the given name Peter have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Peter ?

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

• Piet, Pieter.

• repte

From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːtɐ/

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Peter m (genitive Peters)

1. A male given name.

• biblical form: Petrus
• feminine form: Petra

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Peter

1. A male given name.
2. Peter (biblical figure)

Og det sier jeg deg: Du er Peter; på denne klippe vil jeg bygge min kirke. Bibelen, Matteus 16:18 (1985 transl.)

• (male given names) Peder, Peer, Per, Petter
• (feminine names) Pernille, Petra, Petrine
• (surnames) Pedersen, Petersen, Pettersen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4 327 males with the given name Peter (compared to 10 139 named Petter) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitər/

Peter

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

• (diminutive) Pate, Patie

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɛr/

Peter m (genitive Petra, nominative plural Petrovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name, cognate to Peter.

• Peter in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˈpèːtər/
• Tonal orthography: pẹ́tər

Péter m anim (genitive Pétra)

1. A male given name, cognate to English Peter.

From Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra). Later reinforced by the German Peter.

Peter c (genitive Peters)

1. A male given name.

variants:

• Peder
• Per
• Percy
• Petter
• Petrus
• Pierre
• Pär

feminine forms:

• Pernilla
• Petra
• Petronella

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN:112 253 males with the given name Peter living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.