The Etymology and History of First Names

Behind the Name
An interesting site with a mass of international information, explanations and an alphabetical name search.

I chose at random (?) the name of ‘Peter’ and was given the under information plus much more.

GENDER: Masculine

VARIANTS: Piers (English (British)), Petrus (German), Petrus, Pier, Pieter (Dutch), Peder, Petter (Swedish), Peder, Petter (Norwegian), Peder (Danish)

DIMINUTIVES: Pete (English), Piet (Dutch), Pelle, Per, Peer, Pehr (Swedish), Per, Peer (Norwegian), Per, Peer (Danish)

FEMININE FORMS: Peta (English (Australian)), Petra (English), Petra (German), Petra (Dutch), Petra (Swedish), Petra (Norwegian), Petra (Danish), Petra (Slovene), Petra (Slovak)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic), Bedros, Petros (Armenian), Peru, Petri, Peio (Basque), Petros (Biblical Greek), Petrus (Biblical Latin), Per, Perig (Breton), Petar, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian), Pere (Catalan), Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic), Petru (Corsican), Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian), Petr (Czech), Petro (Esperanto), Peeter (Estonian), Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Pekka (Finnish), Pierre (French), Pitter (Frisian), Petre (Georgian), Petros (Greek), Pika (Hawaiian), Péter, Peti (Hungarian), Pétur (Icelandic), Peadar, Piaras (Irish), Pietro, Piero (Italian), Pitter, Pit (Limburgish), Petras (Lithuanian), Petar, Petre, Pece, Petko (Macedonian), Petera (Maori), Piers (Medieval French), Petruccio (Medieval Italian), Pèire (Occitan), Piotr (Polish), Pedro, Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petre, Petru, Petrica (Romanian), Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian), Peadar (Scottish), Petar, Pero (Serbian), Pedro (Spanish), Petro (Ukrainian), Pedr (Welsh)

 

Oh i clicked on the link in the hope the variation on my name would be different but no. My name is a feminine form of a masculine name I wish my name meant something amazing like 'powerful' or 'beautiful'

 

This link has the meaning as "strong"....so almost powerful....better than mine which is "grace" - a bit wimpy in my mind!

 

Oh, do come along, my little petal I've just put the name 'Carla' into a Google image search and it has brought up pages and pages of beautiful, powerful women by that name - you're certainly in good company

 

Tim you say the nicest things and thank you JALimestonePlains for agreeing.......even though i did giggle and go awwwwww at the two of you