Pieter - Meaning of Pieter

What does Pieter mean?

[ 2 syll. pie-ter, pi-et-er ] The baby boy name Pieter is pronounced as PIYTer †. Pieter is of Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in Dutch and English. Pieter is a variant of Peter (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian).

See also the related categories, english, greek, and dutch.

Pieter is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to Pieter, Peter was the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Pieter include Peater, Petur, Piter, Padrae, Padrai, Padraigh, Padray, Padraye, Padre, Pater (Dutch and English), Peadair (Scottish), Peadar (English, Irish, and Scottish), Peader (Gaelic), Peddyr, Peder (English and Scandinavian), Pedr (English and Welsh), Pedro (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Peiter, Peter (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian), and Petr (Czech, Russian, and Slavic).

† Pronunciation for Pieter: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"



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