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.

Pete Rank in US Top 1000

# 994 in the US

20 Names Similar to Pete

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• Marty
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• Freddy
• Stanford
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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"