Peter
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Peter comes from the Greek Petros, “rock,” and has countless international forms, including Pierre, Pedro, Pyotr and Pieter. The apostle Peter, a Galilean fisherman born Simon, was renamed by Jesus as the rock of his church and is regarded as the first pope. Peter has never been trendy but is rock-solid; it faded after the sixteenth century, revived in the twentieth, and is losing ground again, making it an accessible classic. Famous Peters include actors Peter O’Toole and Peter Sellers and Marvel’s Peter Parker, the teen who becomes Spider-Man.
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Usage of Peter in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Peter against each list of names.
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Armenian
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Bulgarian
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Catalan
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Croatian
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Czech
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Danish
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Dothraki
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Dutch
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English
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Estonian
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Filipino
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Greek
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hindi
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Hungarian
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Icelandic
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Khmer
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Klingon
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Korean
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Latin
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Latvian
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Lithuanian
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Macedonian
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Norwegian
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Persian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Scottish
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Serbian
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Slovak
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Slovenian
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Spanish
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Swahili
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Swedish
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Telugu
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Thai
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Turkish
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Ukrainian
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Vietnamese
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Yiddish
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Yoruba
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Peter is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Peter in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,954 boys were named Peter, making it the #187 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 589,588 boys have been named Peter, with the most (11,603) in 1957. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Vermont and Wyoming.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Peter in other languages
- Per Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
- Peder Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Pedro Portuguese, Spanish
- Petrus Dutch, Latin
- Petter Norwegian, Swedish
- Pierre Dutch, French
- Boutros Arabic
- Peadar Irish
- Peeter Estonian
- Pehr Swedish
- Pere Catalan
- Petar Slovenian
- Petko Slovak
- Petr Czech
- Petras Lithuanian
- Petru Romanian
- Petteri Finnish
- Piero Italian
- Piet Dutch
- Pieter Dutch
- Pietro Italian
- Piotr Polish
- Pjetur Icelandic
- Péter Hungarian
- Pétur Icelandic
- Pēteris Latvian
- Петър Bulgarian
- Пётр Russian
Peter name days
- June 29 Norway
- June 29 Slovakia
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Peter
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Peter, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Peter | 2021 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
| Tropical storm Peter | 2003 | North Atlantic | 111 km/h |
| Typhoon Peter (Category 1) | 1997 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Cyclone Peter (Category 1) | 1979 | South Pacific | 148 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Peter
There are 127 towns and villages with Peter in their name, in 27 countries.
🇦🇹 Austria 25🇺🇸 United States 21🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20🇲🇼 Malawi 11🇱🇷 Liberia 8🇩🇪 Germany 6🇸🇰 Slovakia 6🇨🇦 Canada 4
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Saint Peter | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | 11,196 | Map |
| Svätý Peter | Nitra Region, 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2,712 | Map |
| Sankt Peter | Baden-Wurttemberg, 🇩🇪 Germany | 2,509 | Map |
| Saint Peter | Wisconsin, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,489 | Map |
| Sankt Peter | Carinthia, 🇦🇹 Austria | 536 | Map |
| Sveti Peter | Municipality of Piran, 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 379 | Map |
| Saint Peter | Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States | 359 | Map |
| Sankt Peter | Carinthia, 🇦🇹 Austria | 354 | Map |
| Peter | Utah, 🇺🇸 United States | 324 | Map |
| Sankt Peter | Upper Austria, 🇦🇹 Austria | 278 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Peter
There are 69 lakes and reservoirs with Peter in their name, in 5 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 43🇺🇸 United States 21🇦🇺 Australia 3🇮🇪 Ireland 1🇿🇦 South Africa 1
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| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Peter | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Peter songs
One song on Wikidata has Peter in its title:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Peter
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Peter.
Peter Abrahams
Peter Allam
Peter Allen
Peter Apelgren
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Fictional characters named Peter
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Peter as a pet name
FurryName has found 188 dogs named Peter in public pet registers, making it the #989 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Victoria (2), Fusagasugá (1), Burlington (1). Peter as a dog name →
FurryName has found 22 cats named Peter in public pet registers, making it the #368 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (7), Tacoma (2), Corangamite Shire (1). Peter as a cat name →
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