Pieter

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Dutch male given name

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::summary Dutch male given name ::

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Field	Value
name	Pieter
pronunciation
language	Dutch
gender	male
meaning	rock
region	The Netherlands, Belgium
origin	Greek
related names	Piet, Dieter, Peter, Pierre, Pete, Pietro, Piotr, Petr, Petar, Peder
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Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to about 100 a year in 2016.

Some of the better known people with this name are below. See for a longer list.

Pieter de Coninck (?-1332), Flemish revolutionary
Pieter van der Moere (c. 1480–1572), Flemish Franciscan missionary in Mexico known as "Pedro de Gante"
Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550), Flemish artist, architect, and author
Pieter Aertsen (1508–1575), Dutch Mannerist painter
Pieter Pourbus (1523–1584), Netherlandish painter, sculptor, draftsman and cartographer
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c 1525–1569), Netherlandish painter
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540–1596), Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky
Pieter Platevoet (1552–1622), Dutch-Flemish astronomer and cartographer better known as "Petrus Plancius"
Pieter Pauw (1564–1617), Dutch botanist
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1633), Netherlandish painter
Pieter Both (1568–1615), first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch historian, poet and playwright
Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), Dutch painter of historical and biblical scenes
Pieter de Carpentier (1586–1659), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1623–27
Pieter Nuyts (1598–1655), Dutch explorer, diplomat, and politician
Pieter Claesz (1597–1660), Dutch still life painter
Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597–1665), Dutch painter of interiors
Pieter van Laer (1599–1642), Dutch painter and printmaker
Pieter de Grebber (c.1600–1653), Dutch Golden Age painter
Pieter Post (1608–1669), Dutch architect
Pieter Stuyvesant (later Peter) (c.1611–1672), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland 1647–64
Pieter van der Faes (1618–1680), Dutch portrait painter in England known as "Peter Lely"
Pieter Boel (1626–1674), Flemish still life and animal painter
Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), Dutch genre painter
Pieter Leermans (1635-1706), Dutch painter
Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), Dutch publisher of maps and atlases
Pieter Burmann the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar
Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761), Dutch scientist and inventor
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), Dutch merchant and banker (of Teyler's Museum)
Pieter Burmann the Younger (1714–1778), Dutch philologist
Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799), Dutch composer, organist and violinist
Pieter van Maldere (1729–1768), South-Netherlandish violinist and composer
Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795), Dutch physician and naturalist
Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801), Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies 1796–1801
Pieter Maurits Retief (1780–1838), South African Voortrekker leader
Pieter Harting (1812–1885), Dutch biologist and naturalist
Pieter de Decker (1812–1891), Prime Minister of Belgium 1855–57
Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
Pieter Oyens (1842–1894), Dutch painter
Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935), Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1913–18
Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930), Dutch socialist politician and republican
Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (1872–1944), Dutch abstract painter
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), Prime Minister of the Netherlands in exile, 1940–45
Pieter Geyl (1887–1966), Dutch historian
Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa 1978–89
Pieter Kooijmans (1933–2013), Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–77, 1993–94)
Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939), the husband of princess Margriet of The Netherlands
Pieter Aspe (1953–2021), Belgian crime fiction writer
Pieter Hoekstra (born 1953), Dutch-American politician and diplomat
Pieter De Crem (born 1962), Belgian Minister of Defence 2007–14
Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962), Dutch cellist
Pieter Smit (1963–2018), Dutch politician
Pieter Timmermans, Belgian businessman
Pieter Huistra (born 1967), Dutch footballer and football coach
Pieter van den Hoogenband (born 1978), Dutch freestyle swimmer
Pieter Weening (born 1981), Dutch road bicycle racer
Pieter Timmers (born 1988), Belgian freestyle swimmer

References

[http://www.behindthename.com/name/pieter Behind the Name: Pieter]
[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Pieter Pieter] at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

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