What is the meaning of the name Peter?

The meaning of the name Peter is "rock". The origin of the name is "Greek". The name Peter is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Peter

\p(e)-ter\

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Peter is a really popular first name for boys (#43) and also really popular as a last name (#3556). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Peter.

How popular is the name Peter?

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The year 1957 was for Peter a very good year. In that year there were 11589 births with the name Peter. Find out if Peter is in the top 100 boys names 1957 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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