How to Say "Peter" in Italian

Pietro

/ˈpjɛ.tro/masculine

The English name Peter is translated into Italian as Pietro. Wiktionary also lists Piero.

Meaning: male given name (name)

Ways to say it

“peter” in Italian
Italian	IPA	Note
Pietro	/ˈpjɛ.tro/ /ˈpje.tro/	masculine
Piero	/ˈpjɛ.ro/

Pietro is a masculine given name.

Pietro is the standard masculine form of the name. Piero is another Italian version of the same name.

The name is pronounced /ˈpjɛ.tro/. It has two syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

The name Pietro shares the same Greek root as the word 'petroglyph', meaning 'rock carving'.
In some Italian dialects, versions of Pietro are used in idioms regarding stubbornness, mirroring the 'rock' meaning of the name.
During the Renaissance, adding the suffix -ino to create Pietrino was a common way to create an affectionate or diminutive version of the name.

Pietro è nella casa.
Peter is inside the house.
This sentence shows the use of Pietro to identify a person's location.
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Pietro I aprì una finestra sull'Europa.
Peter I cut a window to Europe.
This sentence uses Pietro in a historical context regarding Peter I.
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Pietro negò di essere un discepolo di Cristo.
Peter denied that he was Christ's disciple.
This sentence refers to the biblical Peter using Pietro.
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