Peter (given name)

Peter is a male first name and a family name.

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  • 5.2 Fictional people
  • 5.3 Animals
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Origins and meanings

Peter is of Greek origin ( πέτρος petros ), meaning rock within the meaning of boulder. The grown rock is referred to in Greek as petra. In Matthew 16:18 Jesus Word both terms appear side by side as a pun on "You are Petros ' ( boulder ), and Petra ' ( grown rock ) I will build my church. "

In German, Peter also has the appellative sense of boobies " awkward person". These or similar meanings occur in compound words such as lying Peter, Heulpeter, minced or mumps. The origin of the term buck for a card game, Hackepeter for a meat dish and sourpuss for a bad-tempered man is uncertain. The name of the chemical substance nitric perhaps modeled on Latin sal Petrae " rock salt " to.

Dissemination

Peter is a very popular name in Germany, it is the period of the last 120 years, the most frequently assigned name at all.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Peter was a moderately popular name. More and more boys were named Peter from the beginning of the 1930s. In the 1940s and 1950s, the name was several times the most frequently assigned name for newborn boys in general. From the early 1960s its spread gradually fell back to an average level at which it remained until the late 1980s. From the early 1990s the popularity of the name, however, is then dropped even further.

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Variants

  • Pär, Swedish
  • Peder, Romansh
  • Pedro, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Peer, Norwegian, Danish, German
  • Peeter, Estonian
  • Pekka, Finnish
  • Per, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
  • PER, Breton
  • Pere, Catalan
  • Petar, South Slavonic
  • Peteris, Latvian
  • Petr, Czech
  • Petr, Sorbian
  • Petra, Petrina, feminine form
  • Petras, Lithuanian
  • Petre, Romanian, Macedonian, Georgian
  • Peter, latin
  • Pétur, Icelandic
  • Piero, pier, Pietro, Italian
  • Pierre, French
  • Piers, English
  • Piet, Pieter, Peter, Dutch
  • Piotr, Petr, Polish / Russian / Slavic
  • Pir, pier, Pit, Luxembourgish
  • Pjeter, Albanian
  • بتروس ( bitrūs ), Arabic
  • Bedros

Patronymics

The name is also diverse names as forming patronymic, with ancient - colloquial forms of today's first name have received:

Bearers of the name

AnyName

  • Simon Peter (1st century), accepted the first bishop of Rome
  • Peter of Rates (also Peter of Braga, Portuguese:. . São Pedro de Rates, † angebl 60, Actuals probably 5th or the 6th century), Saint, is considered the first bishop of Braga
  • Peter of Sebaste (* 340, † 391 ), bishop and saint
  • Peter of Luxembourg (* 1369, † 1387 ), French cardinal and bishop of Metz

See also: St. Peter, definitions of terms for Christian context

  • Rulers and church, including bishops, see List of rulers named Peter
  • Peter (jewelery ) ( 13th/12th. Century. BCE) Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
  • Peter Bartholomew († 1099 ), French monk and mystic, who accompanied the knights on the First Crusade
  • Peter the Hermit (also Peter of Amiens, for Pierre l' Ermite, * in 1050; . † July 8, 1115 ), French minister at the time of the First Crusade
  • Peter de Colechurch (Peter of Cole Church, † 1205 ), English clergyman and architect
  • Peter Kastl ( 1400 ), German Benedictine monk
  • Peter von Koblenz (* 1440, † 1501), medieval builder
  • Peter of Englisberg (* 1470, † 1545 ), Knights of St John; the last commander of the coming Münchenbuchsee and Thunstetten

Fictional people

In the Tradition:

  • Zwarte Piet the companion of St. Nicholas ( Sinterklaas, St. Nicholas of Myra ) in Customs

In literature and other arts:

  • Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev's musical fairy tale
  • Peter Pan, the main character of a children's story by James M. Barrie
  • Peter Griffin, the main character of the series Family Guy
  • The mumps, fictional character of Heidi Children's Books v. J. Spyri
  • Little Peter trip to the moon, contemporary Tale of Gerdt of Bassewitz
  • Peter Parker, real name of Spiderman

Animals

  • Peter ( hangover )

Family name

A

  • Adolf Peter ( Member of Parliament ) ( 1888-1946 ), Austrian politician ( LBd )
  • Adolf Peter (film producer ), Austrian film producer
  • Albert Peter (1853-1937), German botanist
  • Angelika Peter (* 1945), German educator and politician (SPD )

B

  • Babette Peter (* 1988), German football player
  • Benedikt von Peter (* 1977), German film director
  • Birgit Peter ( rower ) (born 1964 ), German rower
  • Birgit Peter (handball player ) (born 1969 ), German handball player
  • Brunhilde Peter (1925-2014), German politician (SPD )

C

  • Carl Peter (1866-1942), composer
  • Christian -Friedrich Peter (1922-2006), German bakers, craft official and politician ( CDU)
  • Claudia Peter, German German literature, art historian, and journalist

D

E

  • Edith Peter (* 1958), Austrian alpine skier
  • Emanuel Peter ( born 1984 ), Swiss ice hockey player
  • Emanuel Thomas Peter (1799-1873), Austrian painter
  • Erich Peter (1919-1987), German Colonel General
  • Erich Peter (jazz bassist ) ( 1935-1996 ), Swiss jazz bassist
  • Erwin Peter (* 1928), Austrian writer

F

  • Friedrich Peter ( Bishop ) ( 1892-1960 ), German Protestant theologian
  • Friedrich Peter ( politician ) ( 1921-2005 ), Austrian politician ( FPÖ)
  • Peter Fritz ( singer) ( 1925-1994 ), Swiss opera singer (tenor )
  • Fritz Peter (* 1927), German Colonel General

G

  • Georg Peter, composer
  • George Peter (1779-1861), American politician
  • Gottfried Peter (* 1945), German football player
  • Gustav Peter (1833? -1919 ), Composer

B

  • HA Peter (1904-1977), Austrian- Swedish composer and musician
  • Hans Peter (1898-1959), German economist
  • Hans- Hartmut Peter (* 1942), German immunologist and rheumatologist
  • Peter Heinrich (1910 -? ), German hockey player
  • Henry Peter (architect ) ( 1893-1968 ), Swiss architect
  • Heinz Peter (1924-1993), German lithographer, engraver, draftsman and painter
  • Helmut Peter ( * 1948 ), Austrian hotelier and politician (FPÖ, LiF )
  • Helwin Peter (* 1941), German politician ( SPD)
  • Peter Herbert ( politician ) ( born 1921 ), German politician ( NPD), the Landtag of Hesse
  • Peter Herbert ( composer ) ( 1926-2010 ), German composer and choirmaster
  • Peter Hermann (1837-1914), German philologist Classic
  • Horst Peter (1937-2012), German politician ( SPD) and educator

I

  • Ilka Peter (1903-1999), Austrian folklorist and dance teacher
  • Ingo Peter (* 1951), German football player and coach

J

  • Jan Peter (director) ( born 1968 ), German writer and director
  • Jan- Peter ( songwriter ) ( born 1986 ), pseudonym of a German musician and songwriter
  • Jörg Peter ( born 1955 ), German long-distance runner
  • Johann Peter (writer, 1858) ( 1858-1935 ), Austrian writer
  • Johann Peter (writer, 1947) (born Federico Fritz, * 1947), German writer
  • Johann Friedrich Peter (1746-1813), American composer
  • Johann Wenzel Peter (1745-1829), an Austrian sculptor and engraver
  • Joseph Peter (1889-1959), Austrian politician ( SDAP )
  • Joseph Peter (1852-1939), Bavarian Major General, 1915/18 commander of the POW camp Ingolstadt
  • Joseph Ignatz Peter (1789-1872), German revolutionary
  • Julius Peter (1853-1934), German Bank Manager
  • Jürgen Peter (* 1956), German political scientist and university teacher
  • Jürgen Peter ( magician ) ( born 1961 ), Austrian magician

K

  • Karl Peter ( politician ), Austrian politician ( FPÖ), Vienna Member of Parliament
  • Karl H. Peter (1918-2003), German naval officer
  • Peter Karl Ludwig (1808-1893), German historian and educator
  • Kurt Peter ( b. 1934 ), Swiss ice hockey player

L

  • Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990), American educator
  • Lothar Peter (* 1942), German sociologist
  • Luise Peter (1906-1979), German politician (SPD )

M

  • Marc- Roland Peter, Swiss politician and editor
  • Markus Peter ( b. 1957 ), Swiss architect
  • Martha Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854), American Stiefenkelin of George Washington
  • Mauro Peter (* 1987), Swiss singer (tenor )
  • Michael Peter (1949-1997), German hockey player

O

  • Olivia Peter (* 1985), Austrian radio presenter
  • Oscar -Erich Peter (1898-1989), German inventor and engineer

P

  • Peter Paul (1922-1993), Austrian politician (SPÖ, DFP / FPO )
  • Peter Peter (* 1956), German writer and journalist
  • Philipp Peter (born 1969 ), Austrian racing driver

R

  • Ralf Peter (soccer educator ) (* 1961), German football educator
  • Ralf Peter ( singer) ( born 1968 ), German countertenor
  • Richard Peter (1895-1977), German photographer and journalist
  • Rózsa Péter (1905-1977), Hungarian mathematician
  • Peter Rudolf (1884-1949), German educator

S

  • Samuel Peter ( b. 1980 ), Nigerian boxer
  • Sergio Peter ( born 1986 ), German football player
  • Sigfrid Peter (1939-1997), Austrian politician ( Green )
  • Simone Peter (* 1965), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Susi Peter (1923-1968), Austrian actress

U

  • Peter Ursel (1923-1970), Austrian poet
  • Ursula Peter (1924-1989), German guitarist

V

  • Valeria Peter Predescu (1947-2009), Romanian Volksmusikinterpretin
  • Verena Peter (* 1954), German actress

W

  • Walter Peter ( artist) ( 1900-1984 ), German sculptor and graphic artist
  • Walter Peter ( fdgb ), German politician ( fdgb )
  • Walter Peter (SPÖ ) ( 1926-1994 ), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
  • Peter Werner (* 1950), German football player
  • Willi Peter (1907-1978), German organ builder

Y

Nachbenennungen

  • Minced, minced pork
  • Blue Peter, signal flag for the letter P
  • Old Maid, a card game
  • Mumps, infectious disease mumps
  • Peterwagen, Funkstreifenwagen the Hamburg police
  • Peter's fish, a food fish
  • Peter males, a fish
  • Peter Principle, a dislocation theory in human resources
  • Jelly, a sweet dish
  • Stupid Peter, classic Basler Fasnacht figure
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