Pēteris
Male given name
title: "Pēteris" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["latvian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] description: "Male given name" topic_path: "general/latvian-masculine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pēteris" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Male given name ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Given Name Revised"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pēteris |
| nameday | 29 June |
| gender | Male |
| region | Latvia |
| :: |
| name = Pēteris | image= | imagesize= | caption= | nameday = 29 June | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning = | region = Latvia | origin = | related names = | footnotes = Pēteris is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Peter and may refer to:
- Pēteris Dzelzītis (1921–1948), Latvian soldier and partisan
- Pēteris Juraševskis (1872–1945), Latvian politician and former Prime Minister of Latvia
- Pēteris Kalniņš (born 1988), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor
- Pēteris Lauks (1902–1984), Latvian football defender
- Pēteris Pētersons (1923–1998), Latvian playwright, theatre director and drama critic, theorist, translator, journalist and social activist
- Pēteris Plakidis (1947–2017), Latvian composer and pianist
- Pēteris Skudra (born 1973), Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Pēteris Stučka (1865–1932), Latvian politician, writer, translator, editor, jurist and president of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
- Pēteris Vasks (born 1946), Latvian composer
- Pēteris Zeltiņš (1914–1994), Latvian racewalker and Olympic competitor
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