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Peter

Male#1179 most common in Croatia171 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Rock, stone
Origin:
Greek

About the name Peter

International form of Peter, from Greek Petros ('rock').

Popularity with newborns

Peter has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

171 people in Croatia are called Peter, according to the 2021 census. That is #1179 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Peter is recorded in 7 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Grad ZagrebIstarskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinska

Characteristics

BiblicalInternationalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.