Peter
EarthUsually a boy's name
- Literal meaning
- Greek petros, 'stone, rock' Well attested
- Origin
- Greek
- Element: Earth
In this tradition stone belongs to Earth
BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.
Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.
- Popularity
US 2025: #187 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #287
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Names with a similar meaning
The same meaning in Chinese
- 石 shí stone
Related in meaning in Chinese
- 岩 yán rock
- 磬 qìng stone chime
- 磐 pán firm rock
- 矶 jī rocky shore Traditional form: 磯
Source: Unicode Unihan