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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]
Peter is a common name. As a given name , it is generally derived from Peter the Apostle , born Simon, whom Jesus renamed "Peter" after he declared that Jesus indeed was the Messiah . The name "Peter" roughly means " rock " in Greek .
Peter I ([ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich; [note 1] 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 2] was Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who , one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
Pietro d'Abano, also known as Petrus de Apono, Petrus Aponensis or Peter of Abano [1] (c. 1257 [2] [3] – 1316), was an Italian philosopher, astrologer, and professor of medicine in Padua. [4] He was born in the Italian town from which he takes his name, now Abano Terme .
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show . Sellers featured on a number of hit comic songs, and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief Inspector ...
Irritated at Peter's arrogance, Brian challenges Peter to take the MacArthur Fellows Program test to prove he is a genius. The results of the test show that Peter is not a genius; in fact, the results show that, technically speaking, Peter is "mentally retarded". Peter sinks into depression after being publicly labeled as intellectually disabled.
Peter of Sebaste (Greek: Πέτρος; c. 340 – 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and Macrina the Younger. He is also known as Peter of Sebasteia.