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Πέτρος
“rock”
Πέτρος (Pétros) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Peter.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Πέτρος goes back to Ancient Greek Πέτρος, meaning “rock.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Πέτρος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Πέτρος has a diminutive in Πετράκης. In Greek usage, Πέτρος has a feminine form in Πέτρα. In Greek usage, Πέτρος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Πέτρος has relatives in 44 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
41 related names in 44 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Peterderivative · English, German
- Pedroderivative · Spanish, Tagalog
- Pierrederivative · French
- Pietroderivative · Italian
- Petarborrowing · Serbo-Croatian
- Petrosborrowing · English
- Pieterderivative · Dutch, Afrikaans
- PiotrPolish
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- Petrusderivative · Indonesian, Dutch
- PetrCzech
- Stenequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- ПетросRussian
- Пётрderivative · Russian
- SkałoszPolish
- பேதுருborrowing · Tamil
- 𐕗𐔴𐕜𐕙𐕒𐕚derivative · Caucasian Albanian
- ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥborrowing · Coptic
- Петреderivative · zle-ono
- Пятроderivative · Belarusian
- ܦܛܪܘܣborrowing · Syriac, aii
- Peddyrderivative · Manx
- Петарborrowing · Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian
- Πέτραfeminine form · Greek
- Πετρούλαfeminine form · Greek
- Petraccaderivative · Italian
- Piëderivative · Limburgish
- Beedherderivative · yol
- Pèirederivative · Occitan
- Pieriderivative · Friulian
- Petrasderivative · Lithuanian
- Pedruderivative · Asturian
- Pæturderivative · Faroese
- Pēterisderivative · Latvian
- Petriderivative · Basque
- Peturderivative · Faroese
- Peadarderivative · Scottish Gaelic, Irish
- Pedrderivative · Welsh
- Pietariderivative · Finnish
- Perederivative · Catalan
- Boutrosequivalent
- Պետրոսequivalent
People named Πέτρος
- Petros Persakisgymnast (1879–1952)
- Petrobey MavromichalisGreek notable of Mani, revolutionary army leader, and politician1765–1848
- Petros MantalosGreek footballerborn 1991
- Petros ProtopapadakisGreek politician (1854–1922)1859–1922
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmarkanthropologist, specialising in Tibetan beliefs and customs1908–1980
- Petros MolyviatisGreek politician1928–2025
- Petros VoulgarisGreek Admiral - served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece (1883-1957)
- Petros GalaktopoulosOlympic wrestlerborn 1945
- PetrosBrazilian association football playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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