Peter is a common masculine given name.

It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah.

[1] An Old English variant is Piers.

The following names can be interpreted as Peter in English.