Petar
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning stone; rock; slavic form of Peter.
Petar by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Petar. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Peter
Like Petar, each of these traces back to Peter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Pierrestone or rock; French form of Peter155 in the US (2017)
- Piersonson of Peter; son of the rock129 in the US (2017)
- Pearsonson of Peter; patronymic surname61 in the US (2017)
- Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 in the US (2017)
- Pyotrstone or rock; Russian form of Peter3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Petar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Petar, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
- Winstonwine town; joy stone; place name785 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Petar
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