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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:

  1. Dutch: variant of Peet 2, or from a pet form of Peter.
  2. Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Péter (see Peter).
  3. Altered spelling of Peet 1.
  4. Navajo: unexplained.

This name appears in the following lists: Favorite Children's Book/Show Characters, Presidents' Kids, Rock Kings and Queens