From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
Meanings
(qualifier:World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.
From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.” 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN:
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. 1911, J. M. Barrie, chapter I, in Peter Pan, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, published 1993:
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, 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
(countable, uncountable) The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
(countable, uncountable) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.
(countable, uncountable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
(countable, uncountable) A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah, United States, named after Peter Maughan.
eu Peru (the Apostle) · no Peter (male given name) · sga Petur (the Apostle) · id Petrus (male given name) · et Peetrus (the Apostle) · sk Peter (male given name) · non Pétr (male given name) · mi Pita (the Apostle) · sh Пѐтар (male given name) · ja ペテロ (the Apostle) · br Pêr (the Apostle) · da Petersbrev (one of the epistles of Peter) · zea Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · el Παναγιώτης (male given name) · lv Pēteris (one of the epistles of Peter) · ro Petre (male given name) · hak 彼得 (the Apostle) · si ශුද්ධවූ පේදුරු තුමා (the Apostle) · ms Petrus (the Apostle) · tr Petrus (male given name) · se Piera (male given name) · el Πέτρος (male given name) · nan-hbl 伯多祿 /伯多禄 (the Apostle) · ti ጴጥሮስ (male given name) · sv Petrusbreven (one of the epistles of Peter) · fi Pietarin kirje (one of the epistles of Peter) · hsb Pětr (male given name) · mi Pita (male given name) · tl Pedro (the Apostle) · bg Пе́тър (the Apostle) · bg Пѐтър (male given name) · sco Peter (male given name) · cy Pedr (one of the epistles of Peter) · kok पेद्रु (the Apostle) · kl Piita (the Apostle) · sq Pjétër (male given name) · la Petrus (the Apostle) · fi Pietari (the Apostle) · it Pietro (the Apostle) · swb Monye (the Apostle) · ru Пётр (male given name) · it Pietro (one of the epistles of Peter) · awa पतरस (one of the epistles of Peter) · zlw-slv Pjôter (male given name) · co Petru (one of the epistles of Peter) · fo Pætur (male given name) · uk Петро́ (male given name) · br Pêr (male given name) · ja ピーター (male given name) · zea Petrus (the Apostle) · or ପିତରଙ୍କ (one of the epistles of Peter) · nl Peter (one of the epistles of Peter) · xag 𐕗𐔴𐕜𐕙𐕒𐕚 (the Apostle) · bar Beda (male given name) · fi Petteri (male given name) · vi Phierơ (one of the epistles of Peter) · oc Pèr (male given name) · eu Peio (male given name) · fr Pierre (one of the epistles of Peter) · mi Pita (one of the epistles of Peter) · eu Peru (one of the epistles of Peter) · da Peter (male given name) · gsw Peder (male given name) · el Πέτρος (the Apostle) · so Butros (the Apostle) · lt Pẽtras (the Apostle) · gd Pàdraig (male given name) · ro Petru (one of the epistles of Peter) · pl List Piotra (one of the epistles of Peter) · eu Petri (the Apostle) · el Πίτερ (male given name) · syc ܦܛܪܘܣ (one of the epistles of Peter) · ta பீட்டர் (male given name) · li Petrus (the Apostle) · ms Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · ja ペトロ (the Apostle) · sh Pètar (the Apostle) · nrf Pièrre (male given name) · cs Petrův (one of the epistles of Peter) · is Pétur (one of the epistles of Peter) · cmn 彼得 (the Apostle) · ckb پێترۆس (the Apostle) · th เปโตร (one of the epistles of Peter) · eu Peio (one of the epistles of Peter) · ckb بوتڕوس (the Apostle) · fur Pieri (male given name) · gd Peadar (one of the epistles of Peter) · pt Pedro (the Apostle) · gv Peddyr (the Apostle) · kok पेद्रु (male given name) · sah Бүөтүр (male given name) · mn Петр (the Apostle) · nrf Piteur (male given name) · ro Петру (male given name) · kk Петір (the Apostle) · kl Piita (one of the epistles of Peter) · hu Péter (male given name) · szl Pyjter (male given name) · pl Piotr (male given name) · hi पीटर (male given name) · sd پطرس (the Apostle) · tr Petrus'un (one of the epistles of Peter) · pl Piotr (the Apostle) · da Per (male given name) · sq Pétër (male given name) · si පේතෘස් (male given name) · hi पतरस (one of the epistles of Peter) · my ရှင်ပေတရုဩဝါဒစာဒုတိယစောင် (one of the epistles of Peter) · csb Pioter (male given name) · de Per (male given name) · non Pétr (the Apostle) · zlw-ocs Petr (male given name) · sv Petter (male given name) · vi Phêrô (the Apostle) · ga Peadar (the Apostle) · co Petru (the Apostle) · ko 피터 (male given name) · vi Phierơ (the Apostle) · tr Petrus (the Apostle) · uk Пі́тер (male given name) · cu Пєтръ (male given name) · cmn 裴特若 (the Apostle) · sq Pjétro (male given name) · nds-de Päiter (male given name) · no Peder (male given name) · ko 베드로 (the Apostle) · zlw-slv Pjétrus (the Apostle) · fy Piter (one of the epistles of Peter) · mr पीटर (male given name) · fy Piter (male given name) · eu Petri (one of the epistles of Peter) · gd Peadar (male given name) · sv Petrus (the Apostle) · mk Петар (the Apostle) · uz Butrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · ro Петре (male given name) · mn Петр (male given name) · zlw-opl Piotr (male given name) · th เปโตร (the Apostle) · cu Ⱂⰵⱅⱃⱏ (male given name) · sco Peter (one of the epistles of Peter) · war Pedro (male given name) · kok पेद्रुचें पत्र (one of the epistles of Peter) · mt Pietru (the Apostle) · yue 伯鐸 /伯铎 (the Apostle) · nds-de Päiter (the Apostle) · ar بِيتَر (male given name) · grc Πέτρος (one of the epistles of Peter) · sl Péter (male given name) · cdo 彼得 (male given name) · gl Pedro (male given name) · ga Peadar (one of the epistles of Peter) · vi Phêrô (male given name) · chr ᏈᏓ (the Apostle) · yue 裴特若 (the Apostle) · no Pet (one of the epistles of Peter) · cmn 彼得 (one of the epistles of Peter) · mnc ᡦᡳᠶᡝᡨᡝᡵ (the Apostle) · lb Péiter (male given name) · kl Piitaq (the Apostle) · wa Pire (male given name) · dsb Pětš (male given name) · fa پطرس (the Apostle) · li Petrus (male given name) · wo Piyeer (the Apostle) · sco Peter (the Apostle) · no Peter (the Apostle) · fo Per (male given name) · cv Петӗр (male given name) · bg Питър (surname) · ta இராயப்பர் (the Apostle) · hy Պետրոս (male given name) · cdo 伯鐸 /伯铎 (the Apostle) · am ጴጥሮስ (male given name) · ang Petrus (the Apostle) · io Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · ur پطرس (male given name) · fy Petrus (the Apostle) · syc ܦܛܪܘܣ (male given name) · es Pedro (male given name) · cs Petr (the Apostle) · be Пятро́ (male given name) · af Pieter (male given name) · sq Pétro (male given name) · cmn 伯鐸 /伯铎 (the Apostle) · cy Pedr (male given name) · ru Пётр (the Apostle) · be Пётр (male given name) · pl List świętego Piotra Apostoła (one of the epistles of Peter) · nl Petrus (the Apostle) · sc Pedru (male given name) · kk Петірдің хаты (one of the epistles of Peter) · mn Хад (the Apostle) · id Petrus (the Apostle) · zea Petrus (male given name) · tl Pedro (one of the epistles of Peter) · is Pétur (male given name) · cdo 彼得 (one of the epistles of Peter) · de Petrus (the Apostle) · de Peter (male given name) · sk Petrov (one of the epistles of Peter) · tr Petros (male given name) · ta பேதுரு (one of the epistles of Peter) · sq Pjétri (the Apostle) · pt Pedro (one of the epistles of Peter) · sv Peter (male given name) · lt Pẽtras (one of the epistles of Peter) · bo པེ་ཏྲོ (the Apostle) · cy Pedr (the Apostle) · hu Péter (the Apostle) · uk Петро́ (the Apostle) · so Butros (one of the epistles of Peter) · gu પિતર (the Apostle) · ckb پەترۆس (one of the epistles of Peter) · tl Pedro (male given name) · bar Bäda (male given name) · bg Петър (one of the epistles of Peter) · et Peeter (male given name) · af Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · ceb Pedro (one of the epistles of Peter) · el Πέτρος (one of the epistles of Peter) · mt Pietru (male given name) · sk Peter (the Apostle) · grc Πέτρος (male given name) · am ጴጥሮስ (the Apostle) · sw Petro (one of the epistles of Peter) · mk Петар (male given name) · fr Pierre (male given name) · mk Петрово (one of the epistles of Peter) · ro Petru (the Apostle) · co Petru (male given name) · cu Петръ (the Apostle) · yi פּעטרוס (male given name) · fa پیتر (male given name) · it Piero (male given name) · ceb Pedro (the Apostle) · frp Pierro (male given name) · ja ペトロス (the Apostle) · cdo 彼得 (the Apostle) · cs Petr (male given name) · mns-nor Пе̄тра (male given name) · cdo 伯多祿 /伯多禄 (the Apostle) · scn Santu Petru (the Apostle) · sl Peter (the Apostle) · no Peter (one of the epistles of Peter) · cmn 伯多祿 /伯多禄 (the Apostle) · la Petrus (male given name) · cmn 彼得 (male given name) · pl List św. Piotra (one of the epistles of Peter) · fr Pierre (the Apostle) · lv Pēteris (the Apostle) · eo Petro (male given name) · he פטרוס (the Apostle) · lt Pẽtro laiškai̇̃ (one of the epistles of Peter) · el Πήτερ (male given name) · kl Piita (male given name) · yue 伯多祿 /伯多禄 (the Apostle) · yue 彼得 (the Apostle) · eu Peru (male given name) · it Pietro (male given name) · grc Πέτρος (the Apostle) · sw Petro (male given name) · fo Pætur (one of the epistles of Peter) · vec Piero (male given name) · be Пётр (the Apostle) · war Pedro (the Apostle) · hi पतरस (the Apostle) · fo Petur (male given name) · fi Pietarinen (surname) · fi Pietari (male given name) · egl Pîr (the Apostle) · oc Pèire (male given name) · yue 彼得 (one of the epistles of Peter) · my ရှင်ပေတရုဩဝါဒစာပဌမစောင် (one of the epistles of Peter) · ru Пи́тер (male given name) · gd Peadar (the Apostle) · no Petter (male given name) · pl P (one of the epistles of Peter) · hy Պետրոս (the Apostle) · ml പത്രൊസ് (one of the epistles of Peter) · ar بُطْرُس (male given name) · ast Pedru (male given name) · mt Pietru (one of the epistles of Peter) · sl Peter (one of the epistles of Peter) · haw Petero (the Apostle) · ur پطرس (the Apostle) · oc Pèir (male given name) · am የጴጥሮስ መልእክት (one of the epistles of Peter) · pt Pedro (male given name) · ja ペテロの手紙 (one of the epistles of Peter) · lv Pēteris (male given name) · br Pêr (one of the epistles of Peter) · ka პეტრე (the Apostle) · da Peter (the Apostle) · da Peder (male given name) · sh Pètar (male given name) · ti ጴጥሮስ (the Apostle) · kl Piitaq (one of the epistles of Peter) · gv Peddyr (one of the epistles of Peter) · fur Pieri (the Apostle) · lt Pẽtras (male given name) · sc Predu (male given name) · ceb Pedro (male given name) · ar بُطْرُس (the Apostle) · war Pedro (one of the epistles of Peter) · kw Peder (male given name) · li Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · fi Pietarila (surname) · vi Phêrô (one of the epistles of Peter) · nl Pieter (male given name) · scn Petru (male given name) · ro Petru (male given name) · haw Pekelo (male given name) · de Peter (one of the epistles of Peter) · fo Pætur (the Apostle) · eu Peio (the Apostle) · syc ܦܛܪܘܣ (the Apostle) · kl Piitaq (male given name) · fi Petri (male given name) · nrf Pièrre (the Apostle) · sq Pétro (the Apostle) · egl Pîr (male given name) · fr P (one of the epistles of Peter) · la Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · ca Pere (male given name) · id Petrus (one of the epistles of Peter) · km ពេត្រុសទី (one of the epistles of Peter) · rm Peider (male given name) · sc Perdu (male given name) · mk Петре (male given name) · sv Per (male given name) · io Petrus (the Apostle) · ka პეტრე (male given name) · es Pedro (the Apostle) · gv Peddyr (male given name) · pa ਪਤਰਸ (one of the epistles of Peter) · wo Piyeer (male given name) · nds-de Päiter (one of the epistles of Peter) · th ปีเตอร์ (male given name) · eu Petri (male given name) · is Pétur (the Apostle) · es Pedro (one of the epistles of Peter) · sw Petro (the Apostle) · hy Պետրոս (one of the epistles of Peter) · hu Péter (one of the epistles of Peter) · se Biehtár (the Apostle) · af Petrus (the Apostle) · ga Peadar (male given name) · nan-hbl 彼得 (the Apostle) · io Petrus (male given name) · bar Beda (one of the epistles of Peter) · haw Petero (one of the epistles of Peter) · sh Пѐтар (the Apostle) · he פֶּטֶר (male given name)