The following names can be interpreted as Peter in
English. •
Afrikaans:
Pieter,
Petrus •
Albanian:
Pjetër,
Për •
Amharic: ቡትሮስ ("Boutros") •
Arabic: بطرس (
Boutros), بيار ("
Pierre," mainly in Lebanon), بيتر ("Peter," exact transcription) •
Aragonese: Pietro, Pero, Piero, Pier •
Armenian: Պետրոս (
Bedros in the Western dialect,
Petros in the Eastern dialect) • Assamese: পিটাৰ •
Asturian: Pedru •
Azerbaijani:
Pyotr •
Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Harkaitz (
Means "Rock" in Basque), Arkaitz, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) •
Belarusian: Пётр (Piotr), Пятро (
Piatro), Пятрусь (Piatruś) •
Bengali: পিটার (
Piṭār), পিতর (
Pitôr) •
Breton: Pêr •
Bulgarian: Петър (
Petar), Пере, Перо (Pere, Pero), Петьо, Петю (Petyo, Petyu), Пеньо, Пеню, Пенко (Penyo, Penyu, Penko), Пельо, Пелю, Пелко (Pelyo, Pelyu, Pelko), Пешо (Pesho); Камен (Kamen) ("kamen, kamək" in Bulgarian means: stone) •
Catalan:
Pere •
Cebuano: Pedro •
Standard Chinese: •
Protestant: 彼得 (Bǐdé) •
Catholic: 伯多祿 (Bóduōlù) •
Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ (Ṗeṭros) •
Cornish: Peder •
Croatian: Petar, Pero, Periša, Perica, Pera, Pejo •
Czech:
Petr, Péťa (diminutive) •
Danish: Peter, Peder, Per, Peer, Pelle •
Dutch: Pieter, Peter, Piet, Pier (
Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly.) •
Emiliano-Romagnolo: Pédor •
Esperanto: Petro •
Estonian:
Peeter, Peep, Peetrus, Pavo, Peedo •
Faroese: Pætur, Petur, Per •
Filipino: Pedro, Pedring (diminutive) •
Frisian: Piter, Pier •
Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri •
French:
Pierre (Note: the word for stone in French is also "pierre".) •
Galician: Pedro •
Georgian: პეტრე (Petre) •
German: Peter (
Note: The form "Peer" also occurs, albeit less commonly.) •
Greek: Πέτρος (
Petros) •
Guarani: Peru •
Gujarati: પીટર (Pīṭar) •
Gungbe: Pita •
Haitian Creole: Pierre (pronounced "Pyè") •
Hausa: Bitrus •
Hindi: Pathrus, पीटर (Pīṭar) •
Hebrew: פטרוס (Petros), פטר (literally Peter) •
Hungarian: Péter; Petya, Peti (diminutive) •
Icelandic: Pétur, Pési (diminutive) •
Indonesian: Petrus, Peter •
Irish: Piaras, Pierce, Peadar •
Italian:
Pietro, Pier, Piero (Note: the word for stone in Italian is "pietra".) •
Japanese: •
Protestant: ピーター (Pītā) •
Catholic: ペトロ (Petoro), ペテロ (Petero) • Biblical contexts: ペトロス (Petorosu) •
Kazakh: Петр (Petr) •
Khmer: Pathra •
Konkani: Pedru •
Korean: 베드로 (Bedro); less commonly, 페트루스 (Petrus); 피터 (Pitə) •
Lao: ເປໂຕ (Peot) •
Latin: Petrus •
Latvian:
Pēteris •
Lingala: Petelo •
Lithuanian: Petras •
Lombard: Peder •
Low German: Petrus •
Luganda: Petero •
Luxembourgish: Pit, Pier •
Macedonian: Петар (Petar), Питер (Piter), Петре (Petre), Перо (Pero), Пере (Pere), Перица (Perica) •
Malagasy: Petera •
Malayalam: പത്രോസ് (
Patrōs), പീരി ("Peeri" from Pierre) •
Maltese: Pietru •
Manx: Peddyr •
Māori: Petera, Pita •
Marathi: पेत्र (Petrə), पेद्रो (Pedro) •
Mongolian: Петр (Pyetr) •
Montenegrin: Петар (Petar), Перо (Pero) •
Nepali: पत्रुस (Patrus) •
Norman: Pierre •
Northern Sami: Pekka, Piera, Biera, Bierril, Bierža, Biehtár •
Norwegian: Peter,
Petter,
Per,
Pelle, Peder •
Nahuatl: Pedro •
Occitan: Pèire, Pèir, Pèr •
Persian: Pedros, Pedrush •
Polish: Piotr.
Diminutives/
hypocoristics include Piotrek, Piotruś, and Piotrunio. Piotr has several
name days in Poland. •
Portuguese: Pedro, Pêro (old Portuguese) (Note: The word for stone in Portuguese is "pedra".) •
Punjabi: ਪਤਰਸਨੂੰ (Patarasanū) •
Quechua: Pidru, Rumi •
Romanian: Petru, Petre, Petrică (diminutive), Petrișor (diminutive) •
Russian: Пётр (Pyotr), Питер (Piter), Петя (Petya) (diminutive), Петруха (Petrukha) (colloquial) •
Samoan: Petelo •
Sardinian: Pedru, Perdu, Pretu •
Scottish Gaelic: Peadair •
Serbian: Петар (Petar), Петер (Peter), Перо (Pero), Пера (Pera), Перица (Perica), Периша (Periša) •
Sicilian: Pietru •
Silesian: Pyjter, Piter •
Sinhala: Peduru •
Slovak: Peter, Peťo •
Slovene: Peter •
Spanish: Pedro •
Swahili: Petero •
Swedish: Peter,
Petter, Peder, Per, Pehr, Pär, Pelle, Pälle •
Syriac: ܦܛܪܘܣ (Peṭrus) •
Tagalog: Pedro •
Tamil: Pethuru, Raayappar (in biblical contexts) •
Telugu: పేతురు (Peturu) • (), เปโตร (Petro, in biblical contexts) •
Tongan: Pita •
Tswana: Petere, Pitoro •
Turkish: Kaya (rock), Kayahan (
khan of rocks); Petrus, Petros (in biblical contexts) •
Ukrainian: Петро (Petro),
Пітер (Piter), Петрик (Petryk) (diminutive), Петрусь (Petrus) (diminutive) •
Urdu: پتھر (Rock) or پیٹر (
lit. Peter) •
Uzbek: Pyotr (as in Russian) •
Venetian: Piero •
Vietnamese: Phê-rô •
Võro: Piitre •
Welsh: Pedr •
West Frisian: Petrus •
Yoruba: Peteru •
Zulu: Petru ==People named Peter (or commonly known as Peter)==