# Peeter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/peeter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Peeter

- Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian legal historian (born 1957)
- Peeter Süda, Estonian composer (1883–1920)
- Peeter Kümmel, Estonian cross-country skier (born 1982)
- Peeter Simm, Estonian film director (born 1953)
- Peeter Allik, Estonian artist (1966-2019)
- Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian politician (1948-2011)
- Peeter Olesk, Estonian literary scholar and politician (1953–2021)
- Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer (born 1954)
- Peeter Pruus, Estonian sports cyclist (born 1989)
- Peeter van Bredael, Flemish painter (1629-1719)
- Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer (born 1955)
- Peeter Tulviste, Estonian psychologist and politician (1945–2017)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.