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English sociolinguist (born 1943)
Peter Trudgill FBA (/ˈtrʌdɡɪl/ TRUD-gil; born 7 November 1943) is an English sociolinguist, academic and author. Trudgill was born in Norwich, England
Peter_Trudgill
Dialect of English spoken in East Anglia
leading to certain internal distinctions within that region. Linguist Peter Trudgill has identified several sub-dialects, including Norfolk (Broad Norfolk
East_Anglian_English
English dialect spoken in Norfolk county, England
of the dialect by Norfolk native and professor of sociolinguistics Peter Trudgill can be found in his book The Norfolk Dialect (2003), published as part
Norfolk_dialect
Type of sandwich originating from the United States
the Cascade Model". In Peter Trudgill; David Britain; Jenny Cheshire (eds.). Social Dialectology: In Honour of Peter Trudgill. John Benjamins Publishing
Submarine_sandwich
Principle that observable language change processes also operated historically
language change that can be observed today also operated in the past. Peter Trudgill calls the uniformitarian principle "one of the fundamental bases of
Uniformitarian principle (linguistics)
Uniformitarian_principle_(linguistics)
Kortmann & Schneider 2004, pp. 174, 175. Trudgill, Peter (2003), The Norfolk Dialect, Poppyland, p. 84 Trudgill, Peter (2003), The Norfolk Dialect, Poppyland
English language in Southern England
English_language_in_Southern_England
Dialect of English
accent distinct from the accents of the London area. The sociolinguist Peter Trudgill has written that the term "Estuary English" is inappropriate because
Estuary_English
Sound system of Australian English
history of southern hemisphere Englishes. In: Richard J. Watts and Peter Trudgill. Alternative Histories of English. P.67 Gordon, Elizabeth and Andrea
Australian_English_phonology
Geographic range of dialects that vary more strongly at the distant ends
J.K.; Trudgill, Peter (1998). Dialectology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 13–19, 89–91. ISBN 978-0-521-59646-6. Chambers & Trudgill (1998)
Dialect_continuum
Pivoted board used for play
States, a seesaw is also called a "teeter-totter." According to linguist Peter Trudgill, the term originates from the Norfolk dialect word tittermatorter. A
Seesaw
Contact language from mutually intelligible dialects of the same language
that evolved in both towns were thus very different from each other. Peter Trudgill sees three processes in operation during what Mesthrie calls the accommodation
Koiné_language
Relationships among standard and other languages
of social and political functions of language use. The sociolinguist Peter Trudgill has linked Kloss's theoretical framework with Einar Haugen's framework
Abstand_and_ausbau_languages
Level of respect towards a language variety in a speech community
Bauer and Peter Trudgill (ed.). Language Myths. London: Penguin Books. pp. 132–137. ISBN 978-0140260236. Chambers, Jack K.; Trudgill, Peter (1998). Dialectology
Prestige_(sociolinguistics)
Linguistic style used for casual communication
connected to the difference between formal and colloquial. As shown by Peter Trudgill in his discussion of standard English, formal, colloquial, and vulgar
Colloquialism
Substantially regularized variety of English
found in spoken or earlier written varieties of English. According to Peter Trudgill, Standard English is a social dialect pre-eminently used in writing
Standard_English
Extinct Germanic language spoken in the Northern Isles of Scotland
ISBN 978-90-272-4839-8 Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language in the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-521-28409-7 Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language
Norn_language
64–65.) Trudgill, Peter; Schreier, Daniel (2006). "Greece and Cyprus". In Ulrich Ammon; Norbert Dittmar; Klaus J. Mattheier; Peter Trudgill (eds.). Sociolinguistics:
Demographics_of_Greece
ISBN 0-415-20089-X. Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language in the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-28409-0. Trudgill, Peter; Hannah, Jean
English_language_in_England
Harry Potter fan fiction of disputed authorship
geographical diffusion in British English". Social Dialectology: In Honour of Peter Trudgill. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 233. Baranowski, Maciej; Turton
My_Immortal_(fan_fiction)
Pronouncing "t" as a glottal stop
during the 19th century, when Henry Sweet commented on the phenomenon. Peter Trudgill has argued that it began in Norfolk, based on studies of rural dialects
T-glottalization
Old Iranian language
Press. pp. 595–632. Ulrich Ammon; Norbert Dittmar; Klaus J. Mattheier; Peter Trudgill (2006). An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society
Old_Persian
Canadian linguist (1938–2026)
Grammatical Variation (with Peter Trudgill) 1998 Dialects and Accents (with David Britain) 1998 Dialectology (with Peter Trudgill) 2002 The Handbook of Language
Jack_Chambers_(linguist)
Ethnic group in Zimbabwe
ISBN 978-1-349-55871-1. Peter Trudgill, "Lesser-Known Varieties of English." Alternative Histories of English, ed. by R. J. Watts and P. Trudgill. Routledge, 2002
White_Zimbabweans
Language variety or register peculiar to a specific social class
features. A sociolect, defined by leading sociolinguist and philosopher Peter Trudgill, is "a variety or lect which is thought of as being related to its speakers'
Sociolect
Pronouncing "th" as "f" or "v"
but not thaw or thought). Comparing his studies over time in Norwich, Peter Trudgill concluded that th-fronting had been completely absent in 1968 and then
Th-fronting
University in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland
anthropologist, and ethnologist Winfried Sebald, German writer Peter Thullen, mathematician Peter Trudgill, British sociolinguist and dialectologist Werner Ulrich
University_of_Fribourg
Pronunciation of 'r' across English dialects
ISBN 978-3-11-019636-8. Trudgill, Peter (1984). Language in the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Trudgill, Peter (2004), "The dialect
Rhoticity_in_English
Hypothetical linguistic process
that language rather than a separate language at all. According to Peter Trudgill, if one views pidginization as a process of simplification, reduction
Decreolization
Composer and musician (1756–1791)
319. Solomon 1995, p. 169. "The hidden talents of Wolfgang Mozart" by Peter Trudgill, 10 February 2020, The New European "Thomas Attwood's studies with Mozart"
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Japanese archipelago in the North Pacific Ocean
"支庁の案内: 管内概要 (Japanese)". 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2022-06-16. Long, Daniel; Peter Trudgill (2004). "The Last Yankee in the Pacific: Eastern New England Phonology
Bonin_Islands
Concept in dialectology analyzing phonemes across dialects of a language
4: 228–234 Trudgill, Peter (1974), The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Trudgill, Peter (1983), On
Diaphoneme
Seaside town in Norfolk, England
"Hunston" (the emphasis is placed upon the vowel of the first syllable). Peter Trudgill suggests that in the 8th Century CE Hunstanton was called hunstans-tūn
Hunstanton
Croatian actor, director, and musician
Rain.' It's a story that mirrors his life". Los Angeles Times. Rainer, Peter (24 February 1995). "MOVIE REVIEW : Shining a Harsh Light on Balkans War :
Rade_Šerbedžija
Serbian theater director
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Lenka_Udovički
Xhosa English. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-8841-1. Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill. The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: An Introduction. Cambridge University
List_of_dialects_of_English
2017 statement on Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin
Philosophy in Zagreb.[unreliable source?] The British sociolinguist Peter Trudgill notes that "linguists are well represented on the list of signatories
Declaration on the Common Language
Declaration_on_the_Common_Language
Mass exodus of white people from areas becoming more diverse
Company, p335 U.S. News & World Report, Volume 87, pxlvi Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider, Jeffrey P. Williams (2010) The Lesser-Known Varieties
White_flight
Eastern Iranian language
Vol. 3, Part. 3. Ulrich Ammon, Norbert Dittmar, Klaus J. Mattheier, Peter Trudgill (eds.). Berlin, De Gryuter: 2006. p. 1915. ISBN 3-11-018418-4 [2] Tariq
Pashto
Variety of the English language
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 343–345. Print. Hughes, Arthur, Peter Trudgill, and Dominic Watt. English Accents and Dialects. 5th ed. Croydon: Hodder
West_Country_English
Sixth form and secondary school in Norfolk, England
Harvard University. Head of Department of Statistics, Harvard University. Peter Trudgill, linguist Michael Andrews (artist) Sir Kenneth Blaxter, Director from
City_of_Norwich_School
Tibeto-Burman language
Bradley, David (2006). Ulrich Ammon; Norbert Dittmar; Klaus J. Mattheier; Peter Trudgill (eds.). Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. Vol. 3. Walter de Gruyter
Burmese_language
Dialects and differences between the written standard and spoken speech
Kontosopoulos (1999); Trudgill (2003), 51. Trudgill (2003), 51f. Trudgill 2003: 53; Kontosopoulos 1999. Trudgill 2003: 54. Trudgill 2003: 56, quoting Newton
Varieties_of_Modern_Greek
System for contrasting related languages or dialects
Literary Arabic. More concretely, Peter Trudgill put forth what he considered to be a cognitively real diasystem in Trudgill (1974), a book-length sociolinguistic
Diasystem
Phonetic process
Diffusion in British English" (PDF). Social dialectology : in honour of Peter Trudgill. John Benjamins. pp. 223–243. ISBN 9781588114037. Archived (PDF) from
Glottalization
Social structure of British society
although the media depiction was criticised by academics such as Peter Roach and Peter Trudgill and the term is now less common. In this region, there was previously
Social class in the United Kingdom
Social_class_in_the_United_Kingdom
People of British descent in Africa
ISBN 978-1-349-55871-1. Peter Trudgill, "Lesser-Known Varieties of English." Alternative Histories of English, ed. by R. J. Watts and P. Trudgill. Routledge, 2002
British_diaspora_in_Africa
County of England
namer of New Norfolk County, which later became Norfolk, Virginia Peter Trudgill, sociolinguist specialising in accents and dialects including his own
Norfolk
Phonological system of New Zealand English
Elizabeth; Campbell, Lyle; Hay, Jennifer; Maclagan, Margaret; Sudbury, Peter; Trudgill, Andrea, eds. (2004), New Zealand English: Its Origins and Evolution
New_Zealand_English_phonology
Northern English vernacular native to Lancashire
dialects) in the Pennine valleys, for example around Burnley. The linguist Peter Trudgill specified a "Central Lancashire" dialect region, defined particularly
Lancashire_dialect
Croatian actress (born 1979)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Lana_Barić
Lesser-Known Varieties of English: An Introduction (eds. Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider, Jeffrey P. Williams), Cambridge University Press
Languages of the Falkland Islands
Languages_of_the_Falkland_Islands
Town in Norfolk, England
George Henry Morse (1857–1931), mountaineer and Lord Mayor of Norwich. Peter Trudgill (born 1943), one of the pioneers of sociolinguistics in Britain, was
Thorpe_St_Andrew
British linguist
written standard language. London/New York: Longman. 1998. (ed. with Peter Trudgill) The Sociolinguistics Reader. London/New York: Arnold. 1999. Taming
Jenny_Cheshire
Serbian film director
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Srđan_Karanović
American linguist; father of sociolinguistics (1927–2024)
John R. Rickford. His methods were adopted in England around 1972 by Peter Trudgill for Norwich speech and K. M. Petyt for West Yorkshire speech. On a sabbatical
William_Labov
Croatian film director
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Rajko_Grlić
Croatian journalist and novelist
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Vedrana_Rudan
Croatian philosopher (born 1983)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Srećko_Horvat
Greek ship-owner and politician
All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style. Peter Trudgill Sociolinguistic variation and change, Published by Edinburgh University
Georgios_Kountouriotis
Dialects of Canadian English
University of British Columbia. Schreier, etc. all; Daniel Schreier; Peter Trudgill; Edgar W. Schneider (2010). The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: An
Atlantic_Canadian_English
Study of the geographic distribution of languages
of the processes making for change in the extent of language areas." Peter Trudgill says, "linguistic geography has been geographical only in the sense
Language_geography
Croatian writer
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Daša_Drndić
Serbian film director and editor
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Stevan Filipović (film director)
Stevan_Filipović_(film_director)
Village in Norfolk, England
correct. The Domesday Book listed the town as "Claia", meaning "clay". Peter Trudgill, in Dialect Matters, explains that the original Anglo-Saxon name was
Cley_next_the_Sea
German traveller, journalist and historian (1790–1861)
Stathis Gourgouris p.142-143 Sociolinguistic Variation and Change, Peter Trudgill, p.131 The Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity: An Athenian Anthropography
Jakob_Philipp_Fallmerayer
Serbian film director, screenwriter, writer and professor
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Goran_Marković
Age-associated differences in speech habits in a community
use of the form. Variation (linguistics) Apparent-time hypothesis Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. London:
Age-graded_variation
Dialect of English in islands of the Southern Hemisphere
sainthelenaisland.info. Retrieved March 18, 2024. Daniel Schreier, Peter Trudgill. The Lesser-Known Varieties of English: An Introduction. Cambridge University
South_Atlantic_English
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Štefica_Galić
Town and civil parish in Norfolk, England
Published in book form in 2003, by Mousehold Press. "Dialect Matters" by Peter Trudgill, published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press. Grapes, S. "The Boy
North_Walsham
Croatian journalist and film critic (born 1965)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Jurica_Pavičić
Serbian actress
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Mirjana_Karanović
Irish academic
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Sinisa_Malesevic
Sociolinguistic phenomenon
maintain group identity within the speech community. Fellow linguist Peter Trudgill elaborated on Labov's findings in his study of English speakers in Norwich
Covert_prestige
Iranian ethnic group
Vol. 3, Part. 3. Ulrich Ammon, Norbert Dittmar, Klaus J. Mattheier, Peter Trudgill (eds.). Berlin, De Gryuter: 2006. p. 1915. ISBN 3-11-018418-4 [2] Population
Pashtuns
inhabited Greece's northern region (Greek Macedonia). According to Peter Trudgill Slavic speakers in northern Greece with a non-Greek national identity
History of the Macedonians (ethnic group)
History_of_the_Macedonians_(ethnic_group)
Bosnian filmmaker (born 1974)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Jasmila_Žbanić
Croatian writer (1949–2023)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Dubravka_Ugrešić
Serbian politician and philosopher (1930–2026)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Dragoljub_Mićunović
Croatian journalist, writer and columnist
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Boris_Dežulović
Croatian writer, critic and activist (born 1976)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Mima_Simić
Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2022 to 2023
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Dritan_Abazović
Dialect survey of England and Wales
Similar criticisms of the sample were made by sociolinguists such as Peter Trudgill and Jack Chambers. However, Sarah Elizabeth Haigh has said that this
Survey_of_English_Dialects
Croatian playwright, novelist and theater director
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Ivana_Sajko
Croatian activist and politician (born 1978)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Sandra_Benčić
most often preserved in East Anglian accents, especially in Norfolk. Peter Trudgill discusses this distinction, and states that "...until very recently
Phonological history of English diphthongs
Phonological_history_of_English_diphthongs
English dialect in Cornwall, Southwestern England
geographical diffusion in British English" (PDF). Paul Kerswill and Peter Trudgill. "The birth of new dialects" (PDF). Macrosociolinguistic Motivations
Cornish_dialect
Bosnian Croat politician (born 1964)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Željko_Komšić
Bosnian film and theatre director (born 1969)
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Dino_Mustafić
River in England
of M. R. James. Delphi Classics. ISBN 978-1909496705. Jacek Fisiak; Peter Trudgill, eds. (2001). East Anglian English (1. publ ed.). Woodbridge, Suffolk:
River_Yare
Serbian linguist, academic and author (1933–2024)
Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang, 2003, 51–70. Serbo-Croatian and English: Some sociolinguistic parallels. In: Germano-Slavistische Beiträge. Festschrift für Peter Rehder
Ranko_Bugarski
Village in Suffolk, England
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Jacek Fisiak, Peter Trudgill. East Anglian English (London: Boydell & Brewer, 2001) p. 43 ISBN 978-0-85991-571-7
Aldringham
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Greville_G_Corbett
Croatian writer and publicist
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Slobodan_Šnajder
Serbian historian
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Dubravka_Stojanović
Variety of English
Peter Trudgill and Jane Hannah. 2017. "The Handbook of World Englishes". 6th ed. pg 115. Williams, Jeffrey P.; Schneider, Edgar W.; Trudgill, Peter;
Saban_English
Argentine Croatian journalist
Subotić Danko Šipka Dušanka Točanac Neda Todorović Aleksandar Trklja Peter Trudgill Mladen Uhlik Hanka Vajzović Vera Vasić Elvira Veselinović Đorđe Vidanović
Drago_Pilsel
1889 book by Alexander John Ellis
and the SED for England as a whole. Peter Trudgill has praised A. J. Ellis's work as pioneering. In 2004, Trudgill used the data to trace the origins of
On Early English Pronunciation
On_Early_English_Pronunciation
Northern English accent and dialect
/ˈbratfəd/, subcommittee /ˈsʊpkəmɪtɪ/ and frogspawn /ˈfrɒkspɔːn/. In Peter Trudgill's book The Dialects of England, it was classified as part of the "Northwest
Manchester_dialect
Set of varieties of the English language native to Zimbabwe
University Press, 2015 Peter Trudgill, "Lesser-Known Varieties of English." Alternative Histories of English, ed. by R. J. Watts and P. Trudgill. Routledge, 2002
Zimbabwean_English
PETER TRUDGILL
PETER TRUDGILL
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Polish
A Rock; Form of Peter; Stone
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Scandinavian, Swedish
A Rock; Form of Peter; Stone
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Peter.Swedish (Petré) : shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter).Slovenian : derivative of the personal name Peter.French (Pêtre) : metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Petros, PETRE means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek
Rock; Form of Peter; Stone
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Bengali, Biblical, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Lebanese, Netherlands, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Slovenia, Swedish, Swi
Rock; Stone; River; Strong
Biblical
a rock or stone
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pear.Dutch and North German : from a reduced form of the personal name Peter.
Male
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Petros, PEDER means "rock, stone."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German : patronymic from the personal name Peter.Irish : Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.Americanized form of cognate surnames in other languages, for example Dutch and North German Pieters.
Boy/Male
Biblical American Greek English Shakespearean
A rock or stone.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Rock or Stone
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of Peter and thus comes ultimately from Greek petrosâ€â€the rock,â€â€ it is still in common use in Ireland today.
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Greek Petros, PETTER means "rock, stone."Â
Male
English
Short form of English Peter, PETE means "rock, stone."
Boy/Male
German Scandinavian Muslim
A rock. Form of Peter.
Female
Turkish
 Turkish name YETER means "enough; sufficient." Compare with another form of Yeter.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon), Dutch, and German
English (Devon), Dutch, and German : occupational name for a baker, from Anglo-Norman French pestour, pistour, Middle Dutch pester, pister ‘baker’ (Old French pestor, pesteur, German Pistor, from Latin pistor).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc.
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc. : from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’, ‘stone’). The name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); St. Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ’s saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-Germanic origin until the 14th century. This surname has also absorbed many cognates in other languages, for example Czech Petr, Hungarian Péter. It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.
Boy/Male
Armenian, Australian
Peter
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