Peter

Peter is an English and widespread European given name derived from the Greek Petros, itself a translation of the Aramaic name Cephas, both meaning rock or stone. The name was given by Jesus to his apostle Simon in the New Testament, making Simon Peter one of the most influential figures in Christian history and the traditional first bishop of Rome. Its enormous popularity throughout the medieval and modern world has produced a wide range of cognates and variants across languages, including Pierre in French, Pedro in Spanish and Portuguese, Piero and Pietro in Italian, Piotr in Polish, Pyotr in Russian, Pieter in Dutch, and Péter in Hungarian.