Peter (name)
Petrus or Petros is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
Peter is the name of the apostle Simon Peter , son of John (cf. Joh 1,42 EU ). Peter is the Latinized form of πέτρος pétros (Greek: 'rock'), the translation of the Aramaic Kephas, and the original form of the first names Peter , Petra , Pierre , Peer , Per , Pär , Piotr , Pir or Pit .
Well-known namesake
Catholic saints
- Peter of Alcantara (1499–1562), Spanish mystic
- Petrus Armengol (actually Pere Ermengol de Rocafort; 1238-1304), Spanish Mercedarian
- Petrus Canisius (1521–1597), Dutch theologian and doctor of the church
- Petrus Claver (1580–1654), Spanish Jesuit and missionary
- Petrus Damiani (around 1006-1072), Italian theologian
- Petrus Martyr († 299/304), early Christian exorcist
- Peter von Narbonne († 1391), French Franciscan
- Petrus Nolascus (* around 1182 or 1189; † 1249 or 1256), founder of the Mercedarian Order
- Petrus Venerabilis (around 1094–1156), theologian of the Middle Ages
- Peter of Verona (1206–1252), also called Petrus Martyr
First name
- Petrus (fellow dog) , fellow dog of Venice
- Petrus de Natalibus (* around 1330 - around 1406), Italian bishop and writer
- Peter I (Abbot of St. Blasien) († 1348), from 1334 to 1348 abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien in the southern Black Forest
- Petrus van der Aa (1530–1594), Dutch lawyer
- Petrus Abelardus (1097–1142), philosopher
- Petrus Alfonsi (* 11th century; † 12th century), Spanish doctor and author of the Disciplina clericalis
- Petrus de Ancharano (* around 1350, † 1416), Italian lawyer
- Petrus ab Andlo , pseudonym of Regnerus van Mansveld (1639–1671), Dutch philosopher
- Petrus Aureoli (* around 1280; † probably 1322), theologian and philosopher
- Peter von Blois (1135–1211), French poet and diplomat
- Petrus Calaminus (1556–1598), German Protestant theologian
- Petrus (Cammin) († 1300), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Cammin
- Petrus Cellensis (German Peter von Celle , French Pierre de la Celle ; ~ 1115–1183), French abbot and bishop as well as religious writer
- Petrus Chrysologus (~ 380–451), Bishop of Ravenna
- Petrus de Crescentiis (1230 / 1233–1320 / 1321), Italian botanist
- Petrus de Cruce (also Pierre de la Croix ; * mid-13th century), French composer and music theorist
- Petrus von Dacien (~ 1235–1289), Swedish clergyman
- Petrus de Ebulo († before 1220), high medieval Italian author and poet, cleric, chronicler and doctor
- Petrus Gobbels (1782-1856), Dutch painter
- Petrus Herbert (* around 1533; † 1571), German Protestant theologian and a hymn poet
- Petrus Klotz (1878–1967), archabbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg and travel writer
- Petrus von Kolshusen († 1552), picture carver
- Petrus Lombardus (* around 1095/1100; † 1160), scholastic theologian
- Petrus de Mladoniovicz († 1451), Bohemian writer
- Petrus Niger (* 1434; † between 1481 and 1484), Bohemian theologian, author of anti-Semitic writings
- Petrus de Palude (~ 1280–1342), medieval theologian
- Peter of Pisa († 799 at the latest), early medieval scholar at the court of Charlemagne
- Petrus von Poitiers (theologian) (also Peter von Poitiers ; 1125 / 1130-1205), French theologian
- Petrus von Ravenna (also Petrus Tomais, Petrus Ravennatus ; ~ 1448–1508), Italian legal scholar
- Petrus Riga (* around 1140; † 1209), French clergyman, poet and canon at Reims Cathedral
- Petrus van Schendel (1806–1870), Belgian painter
- Petrus Schloemp (1930–2014), German cameraman and actor
- Peter of Sicily , Orthodox theologian, see Petros Sikeliotes
- Petrus Stuyvesant (1612–1672), Dutch colonial governor
- Petrus von Tusculum († 1049; also: Petrus II. Von Silva Candida), cardinal
- Petrus (Uppsala) († 1197), third archbishop in Old Uppsala
- Petrus (usurper) († 506), Roman usurper in Spain
- Petrus Valdes († before 1218), founder of the Waldensians
- Petrus de Vinea (before 1200–1249), medieval lawyer
- Petrus Wandrey (1939–2012), German artist
family name
- Eva Petrus-Pekny (1924–2020), Austrian actress and author
- Lubomír Petruš (* 1990), Czech cyclist
- Lotto Petrus (* 1987), Namibian road cyclist
- Mitch Petrus (1987-2019), American football player
Petros
- Petros Markaris (* 1937), Greek writer
- Petros Patrikios († around 565), Eastern Roman diplomat and historian
- Petros († 602), Eastern Roman general and brother of Emperor Maurikios