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Petar
Say it: PEH-tar
Meaning
From Greek petros 'stone', translating Aramaic kepha.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The apostle's name and a royal name in Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 572 babies given this name since 1963
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 85,300 boys
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Петар
| Polish | Piotr |
|---|---|
| Czech | Petr |
| Russian | Pyotr |
| Ukrainian | Petro |
| Bulgarian | Petar |
| English | Peter |
Famous bearers
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin ruler and poet
- Petar Krešimir IV, King of Croatia
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.