Petar

Petar (Serbian: Петар, Bulgarian: Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros[1] cognate to Peter.

Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra.

People mononymously known as Petar include:

• Petar of Serbia (c. 870 – 917), early Prince of the Serbs
• Petar of Duklja (fl. 10th century), early archont in Dioclea
• Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia
• Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (1747–1830), Montenegrin ruler, metropolitan and saint
• Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921), Serbian king
• Peter IV of Bulgaria, Bulgarian tsar, (ruled 1186–1197)
• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, the Montenegrin ruler (1813–1851)
• Peter II of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavian king (ruled 1934–1945)

Notable people with the name are numerous:

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