MEANING & HISTORY
What does Pete mean?
Pete is the familiar short form of Peter. Peter comes from Greek Petros, stone, used as a translation of the Aramaic name Cephas in the New Testament tradition. The immediate shortening is an English personal-name development.
Pete can also stand independently as a complete given name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
The cited sources trace Pete through Greek / Aramaic / English.
Wiktionary records Pete as a personal name in English.
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Pete
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Pete Lacaba
Filipino writer
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Pete
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
- Pepe♂Spanish affectionate form of José
- Peter♂Stone or rock
- Pekto♂Short form of Perfecto; complete or accomplished
- Petra♀Feminine of Peter: stone
- Agnete♀Pure, through Agnes
- Pearl♀Pearl, the mollusc-formed gem
- Pedot♂Familiar form recorded for Pedro and Alfredo
- Pedro♂Rock or stone
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- Wikidata
- 1 person record with this given name · Q16269170 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.