Peter (name)

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Peter is a popular male given name. It comes from the Greek word πέτρα (read petra, in Latin used as petro-), meaning rock.

According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the name Rock (Kephas or Cephas in Aramaic; Petros in Greek). The name was later transliterated into Latin as Petrus, from which the English form Peter derives.


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The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English:

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