Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Petar

PETAR

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Петар (Serbian, Macedonian), Петър (Bulgarian)

Meaning & History

Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of PETER

Related Names

VARIANT: Petre (Macedonian)

DIMINUTIVES: Pero (Serbian), Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian), Penko, Petko (Bulgarian), Pece, Petko (Macedonian)

FEMININE FORMS: Petra (Croatian), Petia, Petra, Petya (Bulgarian), Petra (Macedonian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic), Bedros, Petros (Armenian), Peru, Petri, Peio (Basque), Peter (Biblical), Petros (Biblical Greek), Petrus (Biblical Latin), Per, Perig (Breton), Pere (Catalan), Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic), Petru (Corsican), Petr (Czech), Peder, Peter, Peer, Per (Danish), Peter, Petrus, Pier, Pieter, Piet (Dutch), Peter, Peers, Pete (English), Piers (English (British)), Petro (Esperanto), Peeter (Estonian), Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Pekka (Finnish), Pierre (French), Pitter (Frisian), Petre (Georgian), Peter, Petrus (German), Petros (Greek), Pika (Hawaiian), Péter, Peti (Hungarian), Pétur (Icelandic), Peadar, Piaras (Irish), Pietro, Piero (Italian), Pitter, Pit (Limburgish), Petras (Lithuanian), Petera (Maori), Piers (Medieval French), Petruccio (Medieval Italian), Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Per (Norwegian), Pèire (Occitan), Piotr (Polish), Pedro, Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petre, Petru, Petrica (Romanian), Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian), Peadar (Scottish), Peter (Slovak), Peter (Slovene), Pedro (Spanish), Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Pehr, Pelle, Per (Swedish), Petro (Ukrainian), Pedr (Welsh)

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Croatia	ranked #7

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