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-Jona. 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-Jona. 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.
