Name: Pieter
Gender: Male
Usage: Pieter is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Pieter are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Pieter across the world, see Peter.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Pieter is: Stone, Rock.
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Numerology of the first name Pieter: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Pieter is ranked on the 2,356th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 162100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Pieter has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Pieter for each year.
The name day of Pieter is 29 June.
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History and Origin
Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter, 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 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.
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