How to pronouce Peter
Peter ARPAbet pronounciation: P IY1 T ER0
Peter IPA pronounciation: ˈpitər
Peter
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How to pronouce, type, and say Peter
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Peter.
How to spell and type Peter
Peter in readable ASCII: peter
Peter in hex: peter
What does Peter rhyme with?
English words that rhyme with Peter.
The name Peter rhymes with:
| beater | cheater | deater | deeter | demeter |
| demetre | depleter | dieter | eater | heater |
| heeter | jeeter | jeter | keator | keeter |
| keiter | kilometre | liter | meter | metre |
| molitor | neater | pieter | praetor | repeater |
| schleeter | seater | skeeter | sleeter | sliter |
| st-peter | streater | streeter | strieter | sweeter |
| teater | teeter | teter | treater | vanmeter |
| vanmetre | vietor | yeater |
What does the name Peter mean?
Literal translations for the name Peter.
What does Peter mean in English?
Peter n 1: disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope [syn: {Peter}, {Simon Peter}, {Saint Peter}, {St. Peter}, {Saint Peter the Apostle}, {St. Peter the Apostle}] 2: obscene terms for penis [syn: {cock}, {prick}, {dick}, {shaft}, {pecker}, {peter}, {tool}, {putz}]
What does Peter mean in Icelandic?
Peter <n> Peter
What does Peter mean in Dutch?
peter /petər/ godfather
Where is the name Peter popular?
See what countries the name Peter is most popular in.
A person named Peter is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (boy)
- Austria 🇦🇹 (boy)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (boy)
- Czechia 🇨🇿 (boy)
- Denmark 🇩🇰 (boy)
- France 🇫🇷 (boy)
- Germany 🇩🇪 (boy)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (boy)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (boy)
- New Zealand 🇳🇿 (boy)
- Norway 🇳🇴 (boy)
- Slovenia 🇸🇮 (boy)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (boy)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
Can Peter be a boys name?
See where Peter is used as a boys name.
Peter is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇨🇿 Czechia
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Peter popularity by country
See how popular Peter is for boys or girls in 14 country data sets.
In 1970 Peter was the 20th most popular boys name in Germany.
In 2019 Peter was the 413th most popular boys name in Netherlands.
In 2000 Peter was the 99th most popular boys name in Canada.
In 2006 Peter was the 83rd most popular boys name in Australia.
In 2018 Peter was the 211th most popular boys name in United States.
In 2007 Peter was the 94th most popular boys name in New Zealand.
In 2000 Peter was the 444th most popular boys name in France.
In 1998 Peter was the 81st most popular boys name in Norway.
In 2006 Peter was the 60th most popular boys name in Austria.
In 1991 Peter was the 92nd most popular boys name in Czechia.
In 2018 Peter was the 86th most popular boys name in Ireland.
In 2006 Peter was the 49th most popular boys name in Denmark.
In 2017 Peter was the 88th most popular boys name in Slovenia.
In 2018 Peter was the 199th most popular boys name in United Kingdom.
What ethnicity is the name Peter?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Peter.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Peter likely to be?
- Peter has a 0.34% chance of being East Asian
- Peter has a 0.26% chance of being Japanese
- Peter has a 0.53% chance of being South Asian
- Peter has a 0.40% chance of being African
- Peter has a 0.45% chance of being Muslim
- Peter has a 76.78% chance of being British
- Peter has a 1.82% chance of being Eastern European
- Peter has a 4.87% chance of being Jewish
- Peter has a 2.75% chance of being French
- Peter has a 4.25% chance of being Germanic
- Peter has a 1.09% chance of being Hispanic
- Peter has a 1.52% chance of being Italian
- Peter has a 4.93% chance of being Nordic
Peter Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Peter.
What is the most common profile of a person named Peter
Someone with the name Peter was most likely born in 1959.
Someone with the name Peter is most likely to be male.
Someone with the name Peter is most likely from this generation: Baby Boomers.
What names are similar to the name Peter?
Find similar names to Peter.