Pieter Name Meaning & Origin
Pieter
Origin of the name Peter:
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Petrus and the Greek Petros, names derived from petra (a rock) and petros (a stone). The name is borne in the Bible by one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. Peter is considered to have been the first pope and cofounder of the Christian Church with Paul.
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Piet, Pete, Pier
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Dutch form of Peter.
Pronounced PEE-tahr- Famous real-life people named Pieter
Pieter Gorus popular painter in Belgium back in world war 2 he paints for his living and after he died his arts bacame popular,. People found hundreds of it some are in the municipality of city, popular museum's and divided in his children and inherited by their children.
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