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

PIER

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Dutch

PRONOUNCED: PEER [key]

Meaning & History

Dutch form of PETER, used especially in Flanders.

Related Names

DIMINUTIVE: Piet

FEMININE FORM: Petra

OTHER LANGUAGES: Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic), Bedros, Petros (Armenian), Peru, Petri, Peio (Basque), Peter (Biblical), Petros (Biblical Greek), Petrus (Biblical Latin), Per (Breton), Petar, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian), Pere (Catalan), Petru (Corsican), Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian), Petr (Czech), Peer, Per (Danish), 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), Petar, Petre, Pece, Petko (Macedonian), Petera (Maori), Piers (Medieval French), Petter, Peer, Per (Norwegian), Piotr (Polish), Pedro, Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petre, Petru, Petrica (Romanian), Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian), Peder, Peter (Scandinavian), Peadar (Scottish), Petar, Pero (Serbian), Peter (Slovak), Peter (Slovene), Pedro (Spanish), Petter, Peer, Pehr, Pelle, Per (Swedish), Petro (Ukrainian), Pedr (Welsh)

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