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Peter
say it pee-ter
What Peter means
- Greek and Biblical rock, stone New Testament and Christian saint: leader of the twelve apostles
- Hungarian, Greek and Slovak stone, rock New Testament and Christian saint: Peter the Apostle, leader of the twelve
How popular it is
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 95 in Austria (2020)
- no. 98 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 111 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 144 in Norway (2020)
- no. 148 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 161 in Australia (2024)
- no. 171 in New Zealand (2023)
- no. 206 in the US (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1950.
Other forms
Peter, Pietro, Pedro, Pierre, Petrus, Petr, Petar, Piotr
Names with a similar meaning
Mason Pedro Alan Graham Callan Stanley Winston Sixten Pierre Onyx Mayson Marwan
Peter in stories
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Peter Pevensie, High King of Narnia
- Peter Pan: Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up
- Spider-Man: Peter Parker, the teenager bitten by a radioactive spider
- Spider-Man: Peter Parker, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
- Family Guy: Peter Griffin, the bumbling dad