Gender Masculine
Scripts Πέτρος(Greek) Պետրոս(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈpet.ɾos/(Greek) /pɛt.ˈɾɔs/(Eastern Armenian) /bɛd.ˈɾɔs/(Western Armenian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Greek and Armenian form of Peter.

Related Names

Rootpetra
VariantBedros(Armenian)
Feminine FormPetroula(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesPjetër(Albanian) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Arabic) Peru, Petri, Peio(Basque) Piotr(Belarusian) Peter(Biblical) Petrus(Biblical Latin) Per, Perig, Pierrick(Breton) Petar, Pencho, Penko, Petko(Bulgarian) Pere(Catalan) Botros, Boutros, Butrus(Coptic) Petru(Corsican) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero(Croatian) Petr, Péťa, Peťa, Petřík(Czech) Peder, Peter, Peer, Per(Danish) Peter, Pieter, Petrus, Pier, Piet(Dutch) Peter, Peers, Pete(English) Piers(English (British)) Petro(Esperanto) Peeter(Estonian) Petur(Faroese) Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Peetu, Pekka(Finnish) Pierre, Pierrick, Pierrot(French) Pitter(Frisian) Petre(Georgian) Peter(German) Bitrus(Hausa) Pika(Hawaiian) Péter, Peti(Hungarian) Pétur(Icelandic) Peadar, Piaras(Irish) Pietro, Pier, Pierino, Piero(Italian) Pēteris(Latvian) Pitter, Pit(Limburgish) Petruchio(Literature) Petras(Lithuanian) Petar, Petre, Pece, Pero, Petko(Macedonian) Petera(Maori) Piers(Medieval French) Petruccio(Medieval Italian) Pièrre(Norman) Peder, Peter, Petter, Peer, Per(Norwegian) Pèire(Occitan) Piotr(Polish) Pedro, Pedrinho(Portuguese) Petre, Petru, Petrică, Petruț(Romanian) Pyotr, Petia, Petya(Russian) Pedru(Sardinian) Peadar(Scottish Gaelic) Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero, Petko(Serbian) Peter(Slovak) Peter(Slovene) Pedro(Spanish) Peder, Peter, Petter, Pierre, Pär, Pehr, Pelle, Per(Swedish) Petro(Ukrainian) Pedr(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsBedrosian, Petrosyan(Armenian)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   serious  

Name Days

Greece: June 29

Categories

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g4074, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g4074.
Entry updated October 6, 2024