Peter

Where Peter comes from

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
— Wiktionary's entry for Peter
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1577
    Peter Paul Rubens born
    Flemish painter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #31 among boys with 496 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1932
    Peter O'Toole born
    British-Irish actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Peter Paul Rubens · Flemish painter, 1577–1640
  • Peter O'Toole · British-Irish actor, 1932–2013
  • Peter Jackson · New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, born 1961
  • Peter Higgs · British physicist and Nobel Prize winner, 1929–2024
  • Peter Sellers · British actor and comedian, 1925–1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.