Given name & surname

Péter

“rock”

Péter is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Péter goes back to Latin Petrus, meaning “rock.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

In Hungarian use, Péter shares an earlier linguistic root with Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.

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How it developed

From Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Aramaic כיפא.

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Péter’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Péter has a diminutive in PETI. Péter shares a linguistic root with Peter. In Hungarian usage, Péter has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Piotr.

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Around the world

Péter has relatives in 9 languages.

13 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

פטרoriginal script · Hebrew

Across languages 35

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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