Pietari

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).

• St Petersburg: In Finnish towns named after individuals are often left as is. Compare Mikkeli, Antrea and Loviisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯tɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ietɑri
• Syllabification^(key): Pie‧ta‧ri

Proper noun

Pietari

1. Peter (biblical character).
   • 1992, The Holy Bible, Matt. 16:18:

     Ja minä sanon sinulle: Sinä olet Pietari, ja tälle kalliolle minä rakennan kirkkoni.

     And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
   • 1958, Simo Puupponen, Pikku Pietarin piha, WSOY (1972), →ISBN, page 9:

     Pietari oli nimi, jonka äiti oli hänelle vaatimalla vaatinut. Kas kun ei vielä Paavali tai Jeesus, oli isä sanonut, mutta äiti ei ollut antanut periksi vaan saanut Pietarinsa. Jormalainen oli leikkipäällä ollessaan itse näin kertonut.
     Niin kuin Pietarissa nyt olisi jotakin vikaa! Ei sitten mitään vikaa!

     Pietari was the name that his mother had insisted on. What's next, Paavali or Jeesus, had his father said, but his mother had not given in and kept saying Pietari. Jormalainen had himself jocosely told this story.

3. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).

   Pietari Suuri perusti Pietarin kaupungin.

   Peter the Great founded the city of Saint Petersburg.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• (male given name) Pekka
• (surnames) Pietikäinen, Pietilä, Pietiläinen, Pärssinen

Statistics

• Pietari is the 457^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 520 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,095 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.