Petar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Piotr in PL Poland, US United States, BR Brazil and 6 more, Петр in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 3 more, Peter in SK Slovakia, SI Slovenia, CH Switzerland and 1 more and Петро in UA Ukraine, FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Petar is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name6.8K records spelled Petar11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Serbia, United States, Chile

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan

  Also written Pëtär, Pétar, Petår, Petăr, Petâr

• French given name2.7K records spelled Petar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Serbia, United States

  Also written Pétar, Petăr

• a separate given name2.4K records spelled Petar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Serbia, United Kingdom

  Also written Petăr, Petǎr

• Hungarian given name2.3K records spelled Petar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, United States

  Also written Pétàr

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.7K records spelled Petar6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Icelandic

  Also written Petăr

• Russian given name468 records spelled Petar11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Serbia, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Петир, Пётир, Pëtar, Petir, Petǎr

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Petar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., bulgarische, serbische, kroatische, makedonische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, var of Petr.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Latin, first-person singular future passive indicative of petō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, to explode, blow up, let off, set off

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, present indicative of peta

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 138 years between 1876–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Petar I Petrović-Njegošb. 1749MESerbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and Ruler of (Old) Montenegro
• Petar II Petrović-Njegošb. 1813MEPrince-Bishop of Montenegro
• Peter I of Serbiab. 1844FRnot in their usual nameSerbian noble (1844–1921); King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918
• Prince Peter of Montenegrob. 1889MEnot in their usual namePrince of Montenegro
• Petar Stambolićb. 1912RSYugoslav communist politician (1912-2007)
• Petar II Karađorđevićb. 1923USlast King of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945 (1923-1970)
• Petar Mladenovb. 1936BGformer General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1936–2000)
• Petar Stoyanovb. 1952BGBulgarian politician and jurist (born 1952)
• Tom Rogicb. 1992AUnot in their usual nameAustralian association football player (born 1992)
• Peter Krešimir IV of CroatiaHRnot in their usual nameKing of Croatia

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 561 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Petar?

We estimate roughly 2.3 million people bear Petar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 18 countries in our records.

In which country does Petar have the most bearers?

Petar is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled петр.

Where is Petar most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Petar is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 20 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Petar compared with other names?

In Russia, Petar is the 63rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Petar a male or female name?

Petar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Petar mean?

Recorded meaning: Petar är en sydslavisk form av → Petrus.