Boutros
title: "Boutros" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coptic-given-names", "arabic-language-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "general/coptic-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutros" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Boutros |
| pronunciation |
| | gender | Male | | meaning | Stone | | origin | Arabic or Mediterranean | | alternative spelling | Botros, Butrus | | related names | Peter, Pierre, Pedro | ::
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| gender = Male | meaning = Stone | origin = Arabic or Mediterranean | alternative spelling = Botros, Butrus | related names = Peter, Pierre, Pedro | footnotes = | wikt =
Boutros, Botros or Butrus () is the Arabic form of the name Peter, derived directly from Greek Πέτρος (Petros) and also complimented by and . It is generally used as a male given name, but may also be used as a surname.
Notable persons with the name Boutros or variants include:
Given name
- Pope Peter V of Alexandria (reigned 1340 to 1348), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Pope Peter VI of Alexandria (reigned 1718 to 1726), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Pope Peter VII of Alexandria (reigned 1809 to 1852), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1777–1851), Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
- Butrus al-Bustani (1818–1883), Lebanese writer and scholar
- Boutros Al-Hallaq (born 1966), Syrian politician
- Boutros Ghali (1846–1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), Egyptian diplomat; Secretary General of the United Nations 1992–96
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920–2019), patriarch emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Church
- Boutros Khawand (born 1940), Lebanese politician, kidnapped and now missing
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (born 1940), Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
- Boutros Harb (born 1944), Lebanese politician
- Youssef Boutros Ghali (born 1952), Egyptian politician
Surname
- Andrew S. Boutros, American law professor
- Danella Butrus, Iraqi Australian soccer player
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