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Peter

in the US

There are 514,591 people with the first name "Peter" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Peter 64
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  1. is 60th most common Amy
  2. is 61st most common Jerry
  3. is 62nd most common Andrew
  4. is 63rd most common Melissa
  5. is 64th most common Peter
  6. is 65th most common Angela
  7. is 66th most common Pamela
  8. is 67th most common Gregory
  9. is 68th most common Chris

Similar Names and Nicknames

Pete, Peet, Petter, Petier, Petar

Most Common Last Names for Peter

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Miller, Lee, Anderson, Martin, Williams, Jones, Davis

Meaning & History

(male) English form of the name of the best-known of all Christ's apostles, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Christian Church. The name derives, via Latin, from Greek petros ‘stone, rock’. This is used as a translation of the Aramaic byname Cephas, given to the apostle Simon son of Jona, to distinguish him from another of the same name (Simon Zelotes). ‘When Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone’ (John 1:42). According to Matthew 16:17–18, Christ says more explicitly, ‘Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona … thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church’. The name has been in continuous use since the Middle Ages.

Short form: Pete.

Cognates: Gaelic: Peadar. Welsh: Pedr. German: Peter. Dutch: Piet, Pieter. Scandinavian: Peter (learned form); Per (vernacular form). Swedish: Petter; Pär (vernacular forms). French: Pierre. Spanish, Portuguese: Pedro. Catalan: Pere. Italian: Pietro, Piero. Russian: Pyotr. Polish: Piotr. Czech: Petr. Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian: Petar. Slovenian: Peter. Finnish: Pekka; Pietari (learned form). Hungarian: Péter. Latvian: Pēteris. Lithuanian: Petras.

Recent Searches for "Peter" in the US

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