Pjotr

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Dutch: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pjɔtr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pjotr is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 22K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • LVLatvia1 in 376K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

773 people

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Pjotr is read(measured from records)

Pjotr is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Dutch28%

    A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Estonian25%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Pjotr in Estonian.

  • German13%

    männl. Vom., russische Form von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • English7.3%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Pjotr in English.

  • Russian5.2%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Pjotr in Russian.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pjotr counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pjotr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands—7731 in 22K773Pjotr16
SE Sweden—261 in 392K26Pjotr4
FI Finland—131 in 429K147—1
PL Poland—61 in 6.4M6——
LV Latvia—51 in 376K5—5
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——
EE Estonia#427——695Pjotr23

773 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the ee-stat-nimed register; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pjotr is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Poland

    Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

    Also written Piotr

  • Croatian name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Пјотр

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Pjótr

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Peter the Great, b. 1672Peter II of Russia, b. 1715Peter III of Russia, b. 1728Pyotr Bagration, b. 1765Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, b. 1840Peter Kropotkin, b. 1842Pyotr Stolypin, b. 1862Pyotr Wrangel, b. 1878Pyotr Kapitsa, b. 1894Peter Svidler, b. 1976
  • Peter the Greatb. 1672RUnot in their usual nameTsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
  • Peter II of Russiab. 1715RUnot in their usual nameEmperor of Russia (1715-1730)
  • Peter III of Russiab. 1728DEnot in their usual nameThe seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)
  • Pyotr Bagrationb. 1765RUnot in their usual nameGeneral of the Imperial Russian Army (1765–1812)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyb. 1840RUnot in their usual nameRussian composer (1840–1893)
  • Peter Kropotkinb. 1842RUnot in their usual nameRussian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
  • Pyotr Stolypinb. 1862DEnot in their usual nameRussian politician (1862–1911)
  • Pyotr Wrangelb. 1878LTnot in their usual nameRussian army general of Baltic German origin (1878-1928)
  • Pyotr Kapitsab. 1894RUnot in their usual nameSoviet physicist
  • Peter Svidlerb. 1976RUnot in their usual nameRussian chess player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Pjotr,Hi Pjotr, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Pjotr
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—773#1,230
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—695#225
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—479#3,291
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—147#2,316
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—26#20,733
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#26,048
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201815—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201715—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202014—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201914—
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—13—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201612—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pjotr mean, and where does it come from?
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Pjotr?
A machine transcription gives /pjɔtr/ (IPA) for Dutch.
Is Pjotr a male or female name?
Pjotr is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Pjotr have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 773 people named Pjotr, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pjotr.
Where is Pjotr most common?
Pjotr is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 22 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pjotr?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 773 people named Pjotr, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.
How common is Pjotr compared with other names?
In Estonia, Pjotr is the 427th most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pjotr” — the 427th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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