Meaning
Peter comes from either a Greek word πέτρα (read petra, inside Latin used as petro-), meaning rock.

Based on data from a New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the nickname Rock (Kephas or even Cephas in Aramaic; Petros or "bedros" (Greek) from either which i personally make their way "bedrock"). A title wwhen transliterated into Latin as Petrus, from either which a English form Peter derives.

Saint Peter, based on data from Catholic tradition, became the 1st bishop of Rome; Roman Catholics consider him to have been a 1st Pope & all subsequent Popes to keep close at hand been his successors, and so for even instance refer to a Pope or the Papacy itself as Peter.

In other languages
A when punishment list may be interpreted as Peter around English:

Albanian: Pjetër Arabic: Boutros Belarusian: Piotra (Пётра) and Piatro (Пятро) Catalan: Pere Croatian: Petar Czech: Petr Danish: Peter Dutch: Peter, Pieter, Piet Estonian: Peeter Finnish: Pietari, Pekka, Petri, Petteri French: Pierre (Note: True to the Greek, the word for stone around French is as well "pierre") German: Peter (Note: The form "Peer" as well occurs, albeit less usually) Greek: Πέτρος (Petros) Hungarian: Péter Icelandic: Pétur Irish: Peadar Italian: Pietro Latin: Petrus Latvian: Pēteris Maltese: Pietru Polish: Piotr Portuguese: Pedro Romanian: Petru Russian: Пётр (Pjotr) Scandinavian languages: Per, Peer (archaic), Peder, Preferred, Peter Serbo-Croatian: Петар (Petar) Spanish: Pedro Ukrainian: Петро (Petro) Hindi: Pathar

Disambiguation

Humans & items known as Peter include:

Christ's disciple, Peter 2 modern (& however-residing) antipopes (Antipope Peter II) Peter the Great, the foremost Emperor of the Russian Empire Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow Peter, a light-haired cave dweller from either a comic strip B.C. Peter (ピーター), a Japanese transvestite and actor who has appeared within Akira Kurosawa's Ran (among other films). Peter is a principal character in Sheri S. Tepper's True Game novels. Peter Cook (November 17, 1937 – January 9, 1995) an English satirist, writer & comedian Peter Griffin, the title character of the alive TV series Family Guy. Peter Jennings (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) a lead news anchor for the ABC network from either the Eighties to the 2000s Peter O'Toole a famous Irish-born film actor Peter Pan, a fictional character created by J. M. Barrie of a little boy who refuses to grow up Peter Parker a fictional character , the vary ego of Spider-Man and a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee Peter Pevensie is one of the independent characters in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia Peter Rabbit, the famed Beatrix Potter children's character Peter Sellers (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) the British comedian, gifted mirthful actor, & performing artist on The Goon Show Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) the Russian composer of the Romanticist era. Blue Peter is a long-running children's TV programme in the United Kingdom, named when the flag. Peter and the Wolf is a musical story by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1933 "Peter" occurs as sexual slang term meaning "penis."

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