Gender Masculine
Scripts Петар(Serbian, Macedonian) Петър(Bulgarian)

Meaning & History

Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Peter.

Related Names

Rootpetra
VariantPetre(Macedonian)
DiminutivesPejo, Perica, Pero, Petko(Serbian) Pejo, Perica, Pero(Croatian) Pencho, Penko, Petko(Bulgarian) Pece, Pero, Petko(Macedonian)
Feminine FormsPetra(Croatian) Petra, Penka, Petia, Petrana, Petya(Bulgarian)
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër(Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Arabic) Bedros, Petros(Armenian) Peru, Petri, Peio(Basque) Piotr(Belarusian) Peter(Biblical) Petros(Biblical Greek) Petrus(Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick(Breton) Pere(Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Coptic) Petru(Corsican) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík(Czech) Peder, Peter, Peer, Per(Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petrus, Pier, Piet(Dutch) Peter, Peers, Pete(English) Piers(English (British)) Petro(Esperanto) Peeter(Estonian) Petur(Faroese) Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Peetu, Pekka(Finnish) Pierre, Pierrick, Pierrot(French) Pitter(Frisian) Petre(Georgian) Peter(German) Petros(Greek) Bitrus(Hausa) Pika(Hawaiian) Péter, Peti(Hungarian) Pétur(Icelandic) Peadar, Piaras(Irish) Pietro, Pier, Pierino, Piero(Italian) Pēteris(Latvian) Pitter, Pit(Limburgish) Petruchio(Literature) Petras(Lithuanian) Petera(Maori) Piers(Medieval French) Petruccio(Medieval Italian) Pièrre(Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Per(Norwegian) Pèire(Occitan) Piotr(Polish) Pedro, Pedrinho(Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț(Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya(Russian) Pedru(Sardinian) Peadar(Scottish Gaelic) Peter(Slovak) Peter(Slovene) Pedro(Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per(Swedish) Petro(Ukrainian) Pedr(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsPetrov, Petrova(Bulgarian) Petrić, Petrović(Croatian) Petrovska, Petrovski(Macedonian) Petrović(Serbian)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   simple   serious  

Name Days

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Entry updated December 8, 2017