Given name
Pjotr
“stone”
Pjotr is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in German, Dutch, and Hungarian.
Original RussianПётр
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pjotr is a romanization of Пётр. Пётр goes back to Ancient Greek Πέτρος, meaning “stone.”
Explained through its name family
Pjotr’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Pjotr shares an earlier linguistic root with Péter. In Finnish usage, Pjotr has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pyotr. In German usage, Pjotr has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Пётр.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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