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Boy name Croatian origin Christian tradition

Petar

PEH-tahr · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
rock;stone
Language
Croatian
Culture
Croatian
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
classic · biblical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#6373
2024 births14
Peak year2006
First appeared1963
Total US births627
2006 peak19631978199420092024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
PericPere
Alternate spellings
Peter
In other languages
Peter (English)Petr (Czech)Pietro (Italian)

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Notable people named Petar

Petar Hektorovic (Croatian poet)
Petar I of Serbia