Petros as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Petros

What is the meaning of the name Petros ?

The baby name Petros is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Greek: /ˈpetros/; English: /ˈpɛtroʊs/; respelling: PEH-tros.

Petros is Greek in Origin.

Petros is the Greek form of Peter, from Greek pétros “stone, rock,” cognate with pétra “rock face.” In the New Testament, Jesus renames the apostle Simon as Kepha (Aramaic “rock”), rendered into Greek as Petros, which then shaped Christian naming across the Mediterranean. The name has remained consistently popular in Greece and Cyprus since Byzantine times and is also well established among Orthodox and Oriental Christian communities, notably in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

International variants include Peter (English, German, Scandinavian), Pierre (French), Pietro (Italian), Pedro (Spanish/Portuguese), Petar (South Slavic), Petro (Ukrainian), Piotr (Polish), Pyotr/Petr (Russian), Petru (Romanian/Moldovan), Pétur (Icelandic), Peadar (Irish), Pere (Catalan), and Boutros/Butrus (Arabic). Related Greek feminine forms are Petra and Petroula. The core meaning - rock, foundation - carries connotations of steadfastness and reliability, which helps explain the name’s enduring appeal and frequent use in ecclesiastical calendars and saintly commemorations.