Given name · Arabic
بطرس
بطرس (buṭrus) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
بطرس’s family of names
In Arabic usage, بطرس has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pietro. In Arabic usage, بطرس has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Petr.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named بطرس
- Boutros Boutros-GhaliSecretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 19961922–2016
- Butrus al-BustaniLebanese writer and scholar (1819–1883)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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