Pete

Diminutive of Peter
"rock"

Pete Origin and Meaning

The name Pete is a boy's name meaning "rock".

Sixties-style short form that sounds cool again -- though the unscrupulous Pete on "Mad Men" is not a character to emulate.

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Pete Rank in US Top 1000

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Famous People Named Pete

  • Pete Burns
    English singer and songwriter, particularly known for being the frontman of the band "Dead or Alive"
  • Peter Edward "Pete" Rose
    American baseball player
  • Randolph Peter "Pete" Best
    English drummer for the Beatles replaced by Ringo
  • Peter "Pete" O'Hanlon
    Irish bassist of band The Strypes
  • Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend
    English rock guitarist of The Who
  • Peter "Pete" Seeger
    American folk singer,songwriter
  • Petros "Pete" Sampras
    American tennis player
  • Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.
    American astronaut
  • Peter Lewis Kingston "Pete" Wentz III
    bassist of American rock band Fall Out Boy
  • Peter "Pete" Davidson
    American actor/comedian of "Saturday Night Live"
  • Pete Bucknall
    British singer & vlogger known as "petesjams" on YouTube
  • Alexander Pete Schreiber
    son of actors Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber
  • Pete Holmes
    American comedian

The name Pete in Pop Culture

  • Pete Becker
    character on FRIENDS
  • Pete Campbell
    character in TV's "Mad Men"
  • Pete
    main character in Disney's "Pete's Dragon"
  • Pete
    villainous character in Disney cartoons
  • Stinky Pete the Prospector
    character in "Toy Story 2"
  • Pete Harper
    character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
  • Graffiti Pete
    character in musical "In The Heights"
  • Pete Twist
    character on Australian TV show "Round the Twist"
  • Pete Martinsburg
    character in "Generation Dead"
  • Pete Dunville
    character on TV series "2 Guys, A Girl, & A Pizza Place"
  • Pete Hornberger
    character on TV series "30 Rock"
  • Little Pete
    character in Michael Grant's "Gone" series
  • Pete Rooney
    character on TV's "Liv and Maddie"
  • Pete Wrigley
    name shared by two brothers on TV's "The Adventures of Pete & Pete"
  • Pete Thelman
    character in "South Park"
  • Pete Melman
    character in "South Park"
  • Pete
    character in "South Park"
  • Pete the Cat
    book series and its main character
  • Pete the Pup
    dog in the Our Gang film series
  • Pete
    character in the movie Shaun of the Dead
  • Old Puffer Pete
    character on animated TV series Chuggington
  • Pete Malloy
    a main character on TV's "Adam,12"
  • "Pete the Tramp
    " comic strip by Clarence Russell and its main character
  • Pete Wisdom
    character in Marvel Comics
  • Cordwood Pete
    younger brother of American folk legend Paul Bunyan
  • Pete
    character in "Don't Look At It! Don't Touch It!" by Steve Patschke
  • Pete
    character in the Animal Crossing video game series
  • "Power Pete
    " video game and its main character
  • Sneaky Pete
    an Amazon Prime original crime/psychological/drama show
  • "Cuban Pete"
    a song popularized by Desi Arnaz
  • Peter "Pete" Thornton
    character on TV's "MacGyver"

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