Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, Armenian, Biblical Greek [1]
Pronounced Pron. /ˈpet.ɾos/(Greek) /pɛt.ˈɾɔs/(Eastern Armenian) /bɛd.ˈɾɔs/(Western Armenian) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Greek and Armenian form of Peter.
Related Names
VariantBedros(Armenian)
Feminine FormPetroula(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër(Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Arabic) Peru, Petri, Peio(Basque) Piotr(Belarusian) Peter(Biblical) Petrus(Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick(Breton) Petar, Pencho, Penko(Bulgarian) Pere(Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Coptic) Petru(Corsican) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero(Croatian) 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(French) Pitter(Frisian) Petre(Georgian) Peter(German) 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) Petar, Petre, Pece, Pero(Macedonian) 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) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero(Serbian) Peter(Slovak) Peter(Slovene) Pedro(Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per(Swedish) Petro(Ukrainian) Pedr(Welsh)
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Name Days
Greece: June 29
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g4074, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g4074.
