Pete
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning stone, rock; a form of Peter.
Babies a year
56
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Pete by the numbers
Pete was given to 56 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 767 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Peter
Like Pete, 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)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 in the US (2017)
- Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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 Pete. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Pete, 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 Pete
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