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American musician and social activist (1919–2014)
Committee (SNCC) in 1960. In the PBS American Masters episode "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", Seeger said it was he who changed the lyric from the traditional
Pete_Seeger
German and American film producer (1922–2013)
Award-winning documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, released through PBS in 2007. In 1966, Seeger and her husband, folk singer Pete Seeger, co-founded the
Toshi_Seeger
Cataloging of published recordings by Pete Seeger
The discography of Pete Seeger, an American folk singer, consists of 52 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, 26 live albums, 6 albums of other artists
Pete_Seeger_discography
2006 studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Flowers Gone: the Songs of Pete Seeger tribute album, released the following year. Springsteen had not known much about Seeger, given his rock and roll
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
We_Shall_Overcome:_The_Seeger_Sessions
American composer and musicologist (1886–1979)
Crawford Seeger, father of the American folk singers Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, and Mike Seeger; and brother of the World War I poet Alan Seeger and children's
Charles_Seeger
American war poet and soldier (1888–1916)
musicologist; he was also the uncle of folk musicians Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, and Mike Seeger. He is lauded for the poem "I Have a Rendezvous with Death"
Alan_Seeger
Surname list
Louis Seeger, Sr. (1860–1943), American businessman Charles Louis Seeger, Jr. (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher Pete Seeger (1919–2014)
Seeger
20th-century American musical movement
mid-1960s. Early folk music performers include Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Oscar Brand, Jean Ritchie, John Jacob Niles, Susan
American_folk_music_revival
American singer-songwriter (1878–1960)
Folksinger Pete Seeger attended Lunsford's festival in 1935 at the age of 16 in the company of his father, musicologist and composer Charles Seeger, then working
Samantha_Bumgarner
American folk music quartet
Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang
The_Weavers
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
Congress. Songwriters who have acknowledged Guthrie as an influence include Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, Donovan
Woody_Guthrie
Genre of music and radio format
formed in November 1948 by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert of People's Songs, of which Seeger had been president and Hays executive
Americana_music
Folk song written by Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson
American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where_Have_All_the_Flowers_Gone?
American musician (born 1972)
Rodríguez-Seeger (born 1972) is an American contemporary folk musician. A founder of the Mammals, he is the grandson of folk musician Pete Seeger. He plays
Tao_Rodríguez-Seeger
American musician (born 1957)
and performed music on Pete Seeger's spoken word album Pete Seeger: The Storm King; Stories, Narratives, Poems, which Seeger released at the age of 93
Jeff_Oster
2015 book by Elijah Wald
Electric Dylan controversy, arising from a conflict between Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger during the Newport Folk Festival. According to Wald, 17,000 people witnessed
Dylan_Goes_Electric!
2007 documentary film directed by Jim Brown
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Jim Brown about the life and music of the folk singer Pete Seeger. It was
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Pete_Seeger:_The_Power_of_Song
Annual American music festival in Rhode Island
founder George Wein, music manager Albert Grossman, and folk singers Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, and Oscar Brand. It was one of the first modern music
Newport_Folk_Festival
Nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution
artists have contributed to the Smithsonian Folkways collection, including Pete Seeger, Ella Jenkins, Woody Guthrie, and Lead Belly. Famous songs include "This
Smithsonian_Folkways
American folk music television series (1965–66)
is an American television series devoted to folk music and hosted by Pete Seeger from 1965 to 1966. It was videotaped in black-and-white and featured
Rainbow_Quest
American folk singer (born 1935)
Administration. One of her brothers was Mike Seeger, and Pete Seeger was her half-brother. Poet Alan Seeger was her uncle. One of her first recordings was
Peggy_Seeger
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, and many others. She was one
Joan_Baez
American folk musician and folklorist (1933–2009)
guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed
Mike_Seeger
2024 film by James Mangold
singer and activist Pete Seeger. Dylan performs "Song to Woody," a song he had written for Guthrie, impressing Guthrie and Seeger, who invites Dylan to
A_Complete_Unknown
American ceramic artist
Gopher Guts". She is the daughter of filmmaker Toshi Seeger and American folk musician Pete Seeger. Seeger achieved some prominence in 1968 when she was arrested
Mika_Seeger
American singer-songwriter, activist and actress (born 1949)
has worked with a wide array of musicians, including Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson
Holly_Near
American actor (born 1969)
Legacy (2012). For his roles as a haughty actor in Birdman (2014) and Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown (2024), Norton earned further Academy Award nominations
Edward_Norton
American folk music group
songs by Bob Dylan, and songs of other "folk-revival" musicians such as Pete Seeger. They were very successful in the early- and mid-1960s, with their debut
Peter,_Paul_and_Mary
1965 music controversy
John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers, who was Pete Seeger's brother-in-law, states that Seeger wanted to lower the volume of the band because the
Electric_Dylan_controversy
1963 live album by Pete Seeger
We Shall Overcome is a 1963 album by Pete Seeger. It was recorded live at his concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, on June 8, 1963, and was released
We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger album)
We_Shall_Overcome_(Pete_Seeger_album)
Song by Pete Seeger to lyrics by Welsh poet Idris Davies
American folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies. Seeger first released a
The_Bells_of_Rhymney
United States marching song
Brown has brightened into day, And his soul is marching on. (Chorus) Pete Seeger, an American folk musician, recorded a version of John Brown's Body in
John_Brown's_Body
& Frederik, Odetta, Esther Ofarim, Reptile Palace Orchestra, Pete Seeger and Mike Seeger, Show of Hands, Red Smiley, Town Criers, the Weavers, Wally Whyton
List_of_train_songs
1965 studio album by the Byrds
lead single and title track, "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which was adapted by Pete Seeger from text in the Book of Ecclesiastes, had previously been arranged in
Turn!_Turn!_Turn!_(album)
Song by Pete Seeger
Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger. Most sources date the song's composition to 1959, but according to Seeger's own account, near the end of his
Turn!_Turn!_Turn!
American folk song
Sharp and Karpeles (1917), in References below), and the version by Pete Seeger that greatly popularized the song in modern times (see below) is also
On_Top_of_Old_Smoky
Genre of popular music centered around Anglophonic folk revivals
major performers who emerged from the 1940s to the early 1960s included Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Phil
Contemporary_folk_music
American musical group
invited to donate a recording to an upcoming tribute album to folk singer Pete Seeger. He re-contacted the Playboys and some additional musicians whom he knew
The_Sessions_Band
American recorded music award
(compilation producers) Pete Reiniger (mastering engineer) Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection · Smithsonian Folkways Pete Seeger The Girl from Chickasaw
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Historical_Album
American country singer (1932–2003)
2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Hinckley, David (January 28, 2014). "Pete Seeger, famed folksong crooner and writer, dead at 94". New York Daily News
Johnny_Cash
Cuban folk song
recording in May 1963, Pete Seeger included the song on his album We Shall Overcome, which was also performed live at Carnegie Hall. Seeger's recording is described
Guantanamera
American musicologist (1915–2002)
guitarist Robert Johnson, protest singer Woody Guthrie, folk artist Pete Seeger, country musician Burl Ives, Scottish Gaelic singer Flora MacNeil, and
Alan_Lomax
American folk music band
active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, and Pete Seeger, later joined by Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs
The_Almanac_Singers
English word
forever." In "All Mixed Up", first released in 1965, the folk singer Pete Seeger sang that OK was of Choctaw origin, as the dictionaries of the time tended
OK
American musician (born 1970)
and LGBTQ visibility. She counts American folk singer and songwriter Pete Seeger among her mentors. DiFranco released a memoir, No Walls and the Recurring
Ani_DiFranco
American comedy series
and significant popular music performers such as Buffalo Springfield, Pete Seeger, the Beatles, and the Who. Despite this success, continual conflicts
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour
Folk song from Johor-Riau Sultanate
Mancanegara". GoodNews From Indonesia. Retrieved 9 July 2019. Seeger, Pete (2014). The Pete Seeger Reader. New York, United States of America: Oxford University
Soleram
American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist (1926–2015)
original members of the music quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman. Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York
Ronnie_Gilbert
Song by Three Dog Night
actor Alan Arkin) and Earl Robinson (music). It was first recorded by Pete Seeger featuring a black child, in 1956 from the album Love Songs for Friends
Black and White (Pete Seeger song)
Black_and_White_(Pete_Seeger_song)
American singer-songwriter (1940–1976)
suicide on April 9, 1976. Ochs's influences included Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Bob Gibson, Faron Young, and Merle Haggard
Phil_Ochs
NPO seeking protection of Hudson River
through advocacy and public education. Founded by folk singer Pete Seeger with his wife Toshi Seeger in 1966, the organization is known for its sailing vessel
Hudson_River_Sloop_Clearwater
American folk singer (born 1947)
musicians from a variety of genres have joined Guthrie onstage, including Pete Seeger, David Bromberg, Cyril Neville, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Judy Collins
Arlo_Guthrie
American folk song first recorded in 1933
in 1933. A version recorded by The Weavers was a No. 1 hit in 1950. Pete Seeger of The Weavers has characterized it as Lead Belly's "theme song". The
Goodnight,_Irene
Norwegian folk song
was translated into English and popularized by former Weavers member Pete Seeger. The song is a critique of Ole Bornemann Bull (Ole Bull) and his vision
Oleanna_(song)
Stringed musical instrument
Perry Bechtel (jazz, big band), Pete Seeger (folk), and Otis Taylor (African-American roots, blues, jazz). Pete Seeger "was a major force behind a new
Banjo
2025 film by Rian Johnson
think it's originally a folk song that Pete Seeger heard from Lead Belly; I heard the recording of Pete Seeger doing it. And there's a phrase in this
Wake_Up_Dead_Man
Music and environmental summer festival in New York
Seeger, 91, co-founded Clearwater with Pete". The Villager. Retrieved August 7, 2013. "Toshi Seeger, Wife of Pete Seeger, Dies at 91". Rafu Shimpo. July 19
Clearwater_Festival
Protest song of the civil rights movement
organizers. She taught it to many others, including People's Songs director Pete Seeger, who included it in his repertoire, as did many other activist singers
We_Shall_Overcome
List of Newport Folk Festival lineups
3 August 2018. "Newport Folk Festival – 2009 lineup & tickets info (Pete Seeger, Neko Case, Iron & Wine, The Decemberists & more)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved
Newport Folk Festival lineups by year
Newport_Folk_Festival_lineups_by_year
Cataloging of published recordings by Jackson Browne
Retrieved February 15, 2020. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February
Jackson_Browne_discography
American pro-labor union song
song later in life; it can be heard on the album Coal Mining Women. Pete Seeger, collecting labor union songs, learned "Which Side Are You On" in 1940
Which_Side_Are_You_On?
1949 anti-communist race riots against African Americans and Jews
Cooder Song: ”The Peekskill Story”(Casetta/Hayes/Seeger) The Weavers with Howard Fast and Pete Seeger Song: "Gotta Get To Peekskill" by Dropkick Murphy's
Peekskill_riots
1953 studio album by Pete Seeger
Songs for Children is a studio album released by Pete Seeger in 1953 by Folkways Records. It was Seeger's first solo album. "Bought Me a Cat" "The Blue Tailed
American Folk Songs for Children
American_Folk_Songs_for_Children
Trade union anthem written in 1915
own. The song has been performed by musicians such as Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger, and John Darnielle. It was redone by Emcee Lynx and The Nightwatchman
Solidarity_Forever
American musical duo (2000–2014)
In 1999 Guthrie and Irion joined guitarist Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, grandson of Pete Seeger, and performed as a trio under the name RIG. Guthrie and Irion
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Sarah_Lee_Guthrie_&_Johnny_Irion
American folk singer (1936–2009)
Swappers sang backup for Pete Seeger on four reissue albums in 1955, when Folkways Records reissued a collection of Seeger's pro-union folk songs, Talking
Mary_Travers
American singer-songwriter (born 1937)
Marvelous Toy", and "Ramblin' Boy". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson
Tom_Paxton
Musical artist
on the American folk music circuit, he has frequently performed with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Peter Yarrow, Judy Collins, and David Amram. Chapin also
Tom_Chapin
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
upstate New York. During his time there, folk singer Pete Seeger performed a small concert. Witnessing Seeger perform and seeing the other children sing their
Neil_Diamond
Song by Woody Guthrie
(1973). Arlo Guthrie on Arlo Guthrie (1974) and with Pete Seeger on Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger: Together in Concert (1975). Christy Moore for BBC LiveSession
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Deportee_(Plane_Wreck_at_Los_Gatos)
2017 studio album by Kronos Quartet
critics and was followed in 2020 by Long Time Passing, a collection of Pete Seeger songs by the Kronos Quartet. Folk Songs received positive reviews from
Folk Songs (Kronos Quartet album)
Folk_Songs_(Kronos_Quartet_album)
October 3, 1691. "The Cruel War" – Made famous in its current form by Pete Seeger and Peter Paul and Mary, this anti-war song has roots at least as far
List_of_anti-war_songs
1965 studio album by Johnny Rivers
contemporary folk songs, including songs by Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Pete Seeger, with modern arrangements. "Tom Dooley" (Traditional) – 2:43 "Long Time
Johnny_Rivers_Rocks_the_Folk
1981 live album by Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger
Guthrie and Pete Seeger with Shenandoah. The album, Guthrie's final record on Warner Bros., is a compilation of songs from when Guthrie and Seeger toured together
Precious_Friend
American folksinger-songwriter (1914–1981)
before Pearl Harbor). As key members, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, and Woody Guthrie joined the war effort (Seeger in the army and Guthrie and Houston in
Lee_Hays
English musician (born 1946)
he started teaching himself to play using a book and record set by Pete Seeger. At age 11, Gilmour began attending the Perse School on Hills Road, Cambridge
David_Gilmour
American teacher and lyricist (1906–1980)
segregation in public schools. "Black and White" has been recorded by Pete Seeger, Sammy Davis Jr, Greyhound, The Maytones and Three Dog Night. The lyric
David_I._Arkin
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic (1910–1987)
Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Fletcher Henderson, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Freddie Green, Leonard
John_Henry_Hammond
1966 studio album by Pete Seeger
album by Pete Seeger and was released in 1966 on the Columbia Records label. All tracks are written by Pete Seeger except where noted. Pete Seeger - vocals
Dangerous_Songs!?
American singer, songwriter, and musician (born 1947)
Sainte-Marie, Judy Collins, and Bob Dylan. Harris was also influenced by Pete Seeger. At age 16, she wrote him a letter wondering if her life was too privileged
Emmylou_Harris
Song written by Pete Seeger
"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1967 and made famous because of its censorship from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Waist_Deep_in_the_Big_Muddy
Folk song based on a Sea Islands spiritual
The lyrics describe crossing the River Jordan, as in these lines from Pete Seeger's version: Jordan's river is deep and wide, hallelujah. Meet my mother
Michael,_Row_the_Boat_Ashore
1949 song by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the Progressive movement
If_I_Had_a_Hammer
Musician who writes, composes, and sings their own material
include political protest, as in the case of Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) and Pete Seeger (1919–2014). According to the Journal of Popular Music Studies, from
Singer-songwriter
American song
business"—including Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, and Bob Dylan—were "singing with hot-eyed fervor about police dogs and racial murder". All the same, Seeger claimed
Jimmy_Crack_Corn
American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)
scene and befriending Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger, all fellow performers on Back Where I Come From. In 1940, Ledbetter
Lead_Belly
Irish folk singer (1940–1984)
advice of Johnny Moynihan. He listened to recordings of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. He also developed his political convictions which, as Ronnie Drew pointed
Luke_Kelly
1963 song by Bob Dylan
Hall on September 22, 1962, as part of a hootenanny organized by Pete Seeger. Seeger recalled: "I had to announce to all the singers, 'Folks, you're gonna
A_Hard_Rain's_a-Gonna_Fall
American singer (born 1946)
Google Books.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) Hamill, Pete (July 21, 1980). Linda Ronstadt, Pirate Queen. p. 23. Archived from the original
Linda_Ronstadt
German film composer (born 1957)
Thelma & Louise by Zimmer featured the trademark slide guitar performance by Pete Haycock on the "Thunderbird" theme in the film. As a teenager, Zimmer was
Hans_Zimmer
had created the beginnings of a new song. Yet another Almanac Singers Pete Seeger, who already had written a verse for the song, wrote an upbeat ending
Talking_Union
Song by Malvina Reynolds, popularized by Pete Seeger
Malvina Reynolds in 1962. The song was first released by her friend, Pete Seeger, in 1963, and became his only charting single in January 1964. The song
Little_Boxes
American rock musician
Seymour Hoffman and others. In July that year, Barone collaborated with Pete Seeger (then 91 years old), producing and performing in "Reclaim the Coast:
Richard_Barone
American historian
Keep From Singing, the biography of folk musician and social activist Pete Seeger, was based on his doctoral dissertation at the University of California
David_King_Dunaway
Folk song
Lady Barbara Erskine. The modern "The Water Is Wide" was popularized by Pete Seeger in the folk revival. There have been multiple subsequent variations of
The_Water_Is_Wide_(song)
American blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988)
Records, including Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate with Pete Seeger (1962). In 1962, Slim moved permanently to Paris, and his engaging personality
Memphis_Slim
Award ceremony for films of 2024
from the original on January 17, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2025. Hammond, Pete (November 15, 2024). "Conan O'Brien Set to Host 97th Oscars". Deadline Hollywood
97th_Academy_Awards
Slogan coined by Woody Guthrie
and for all." The message has inspired subsequent artists. Folk singer Pete Seeger, a friend and mentee of Guthrie, was inspired to emblazon his banjos
This_machine_kills_fascists
1980 studio album by Raffi
"Day-O" – 3:01 "Thanks A Lot" – 2:28 "To Everyone in All the World" (Pete Seeger) – 1:46 "All I Really Need" – 3:46 "Over in the Meadow" – 2:18 "This
Baby_Beluga
People's Songs was an organization founded by Pete Seeger, Alan Lomax, Lee Hays, and others on December 31, 1945, in New York City, to "create, promote
People's_Songs
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PETE SEEGER
PETE SEEGER
Male
Hungarian
Pet form of Hungarian Péter, PETI means "rock, stone."
Male
Italian
 Diminutive form of Italian Giuseppe, PEPE means "(God) shall add (another son)." Compare with another form of Pepe.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek
Rock; Form of Peter; Stone
Surname or Lastname
Southern French (Péré)
Southern French (Péré) : topographic name from a variant of périer ‘pear tree’.Catalan : from the personal name Pere, Catalan equivalent of Peter.English : variant of Pear 1.Hungarian : from the old secular personal name Pere, Pöre.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Peter.Swedish (Petré) : shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter).Slovenian : derivative of the personal name Peter.French (Pêtre) : metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.
Male
English
Short form of English Peter, PETE means "rock, stone."
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : from a pet form of the personal name Peter.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch pete ‘godfather’, ‘godmother’, or ‘godchild’.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian myth name of the goddess of dance, fire, lightning, violence, and volcanoes, PELE means "lava." She is said to sometimes appear to people, resembling either a beautiful young woman or a frail old woman. Signs of her presence are fine golden strands of volcanic glass said to be her hair, or droplets of lava said to be her tears.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Poitou, Anglo-Norman French Peitow.Hungarian (Pető) : from a pet form of the personal name Péter, Hungarian form of Peter.
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Stone; Rock; Female Version of Peter
Boy/Male
Greek American English
Stone; rock.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Petros, PETRE means "rock, stone."
Male
Spanish
 Spanish pet form of Portuguese/Spanish José, PEPE means "(God) shall add (another son)." Compare with another form of Pepe.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Peet 1.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : unexplained.Possibly an altered spelling of German Pothe, a variant of Poth.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc.
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc. : from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’, ‘stone’). The name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); St. Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ’s saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-Germanic origin until the 14th century. This surname has also absorbed many cognates in other languages, for example Czech Petr, Hungarian Péter. It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.
Female
English
English short form of Latin Penelope, PENE means "weaver of cunning."
Female
Native American
 Native American Blackfoot name PETA means "golden eagle." Compare with another form of Peta.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Swedish
Rock; Female Version of Peter; Stone; Jehovah Increases; Golden Eagle; Strong
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the personal name Pat(t), Pate, a short form of Patrick.English and Scottish : nickname for a man with a bald head, from Middle English pate ‘head’, ‘skull’.French (Paté) : from Old French pat(t)é ‘with paws’, ‘pawed’ (from pat(t)e ‘paw’), a nickname, applied presumably to a man with large and clumsy hands and feet.German : nickname for a trustworthy man, from Middle High German pate, Middle Low German pade ‘godfather’, ‘male relative’ (see Paeth), or alternatively from a personal name Bado, probably meaning ‘battle’, ‘fight’.
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