Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Rock, stone Boy name variations Peter Pete Petey Pietor Pytor Petr Pieter Piotr Pietro Pedro Pierre Piers Pierce Peer Pero Piero Peder Per Pelle Peadair Petrus Peterson Perrin Perkin Perkins Parnell Parle Parkin Parkinson Petrie Petronio Pierson Petò Petúr Pyotr Family name origins & meanings German and Dutch : Latinized patronymic from Peter.Hungarian : habitational name for someone from any of several places so named.Italian : patronymic from the personal names Petro or Pietro.