Pieter
| Pieter | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pi(e)-ter/ |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | rock |
| Region of origin | The Netherlands, Belgium |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Piet, Dieter, Peter, Pierre, Pete, Pietro, Piotr, Petr, Petar, Peder |
Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter,[1] and may refer to:
- Sint Pieter, a village now incorporated in Maastricht
- Sint-Pieters, a suburb of Bruges
- Pieterburen, a village in the north of Groningen
- Pieter de Coninck (?-1332), Flemish revolutionary
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c 1525-1569), Netherlandish painter
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1633), Netherlandish painter
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch historian
- Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter) (c. 1612–1672), Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (New York)
- Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), Dutch painter
- Pieter Pauw (1564–1617), Dutch botanist
- Pieter Burmann the Elder (1668–1741), Dutch classical scholar
- Pieter Burmann the Younger (1714–1778), Dutch philologist
- Pieter van Maldere (1729–1768), South-Netherlandish composer
- Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), Dutch physicist
- Pieter Willem Botha (1916–2006), President of South Africa
- Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), the husband of princess Margriet of The Netherlands
- Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Dutch Olympic swimmer
- Pieter Gruijters (1967), Dutch Paralympic athlete
- Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801), Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies
- Pieter Vanden Bos (born 1961), Canadian football player
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