Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers. In other languages. The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English. Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus. Albanian: Pjetër, Prel.
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Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers. In other languages. The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English. Afrikaans: Pieter, Petrus. Albanian: Pjetër, Prel.
