First name origin & meaning:
Latin: Rock, stone
First name variations: Petey, Pietor, Pytor, Petr, Pieter, Piotr, Pietro, Pedro, Pierre, Piers, Pierce, Peer, Pero, Piero, Peder, Per, Pelle, Peadair, Petrus, Peterson, Perrin, Perkin, Perkins, Parnell, Parle, Parkin, Parkinson, Petrie, Petri, Petronio, Pierson, Péter, Petò, Petúr, Pyotr, Peter
Last name origins & meanings:
- Dutch: variant of Peet 2, or from a pet form of
Peter.
- Hungarian: from a short form of the personal
name Péter (see Peter).
- Altered spelling of
Peet 1.
- Navajo: unexplained.
This name appears in the following lists:
Favorite Children's Book/Show Characters,
Presidents' Kids,
Rock Kings and Queens