The first name Pyotr
A boy’s name.
1 syllable Male
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Russian Пётр (Pjotr). Doublet of Peter.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 3 boys were named Pyotr, making it the 5,137th most popular boys’ name.
3
babies named Pyotr, 1996–2025
#5,137
rank in 2025
2025
peak year
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Pyotr with other names.
Pyotr in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Pjotr
Dutch
Pjotr
Finnish
Piotr
French
Pjotr
German
Pjotr
Hungarian
Pëtr
Italian
Piotr
Polish
Piotr
Romanian, also Пьотр
Piotr
Spanish
Pjotr
Swedish
Spelled Pyotr in Turkish too.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
Famous people named Pyotr
25 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Pyotr BagrationGeneral of the Imperial Russian Army (1765–1812)
- Pyotr RumyantsevField Marshal of Russia (1725-1796)
- Pyotr AnjouArctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy (1796–1869)
- Pyotr DolgovAir force colonel (1920–1962)
- Pyotr PochynchukBelarusian racewalker (1954-1991)
- Pyotr IvashutinGeneral of the army (1909-2002)
- Pyotr Konovnitsyn1764–1822
- Pyotr KirillovErzya writer, journalist, drama writer, 1910–1955
- Pyotr BaluyevGeneral in the Imperial Russian Army, 1857–1923
- Pyotr LysenkoBelarusian archaeologist, 1931–2020
- Pyotr SavitskyEthnographer (1895–1968)
- Pyotr TenFootballer, born 1992
Questions
- What does the name Pyotr mean?
- Transliteration of Russian Пётр (Pjotr). Doublet of Peter.
- How popular is the name Pyotr?
- In 2025, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Pyotr, ranking 5,137th.
- What are other spellings of Pyotr?
- Petr.