Name meaning & stats
Petar
Petar means “stone, rock” (Ancient Greek origin). 641 US babies since 1940, peak 2006. Notable Petars are 2.8× over-represented as footballers.
What it means
“stone, rock”
Ancient GreekSpelling of Peter
From Greek petros.
Peter around the world
- Питер / Петер · Russian
- Петер / Пітер · Ukrainian
- Πίτερ · Greek
- بيتر · Arabic
- פיטר · Hebrew
- ピーター · Japanese
- 彼得 · Chinese
- 피터 · Korean
- Petrus · Dutch
- Petar · Slovene
Famous Peters
- Peter Paul Rubens · Flemish painter (1577–1640)
- Peter O'Toole · British-Irish actor (1932–2013)
- Peter Jackson · New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (born 1961
- Peter Higgs · British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)
Peter’s name day
- June 29 · Norway, Slovakia
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
641 US babies were named Petar between 1940 and 2025.
Petar around the world
- Sweden: 70 babies since 1998, peak 2008, No. 651 in 2022
- England & Wales: 158 babies since 1996, peak 2019, No. 3,657 in 2025
- France: 55 babies since 1900, peak 2023
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Petars end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 2.8× | High · 116 people |
| Basketball player | 2.1× | High · 29 people |
| Politician | 0.8× | High · 28 people |
| Journalist | 1.2× | Medium · 13 people |
Among notable men who are footballers, Petars show up 2.8× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 755 Peters spell it Petar
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)