Boutros
Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈbutˤrus] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈbotˤɾos] Urdu: [pətɾəs] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic or Mediterranean |
Meaning | Stone |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Botros, Butrus, Patras |
Related names | Peter, Pierre, Pedro |
Boutros, Botros or Butrus (Arabic: بطرس; Urdu form: پطرس, romanized: Pat̤ras) is the Arabic form of the name Peter. It is generally used as a male given name, but may also be used as a surname.
Notable persons with the name Boutros or variants include:
Given name[]
- Pope Peter V of Alexandria (reigned 1340 to 1348), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Pope Peter VI of Alexandria (reigned 1718 to 1726), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Pope Peter VII of Alexandria (reigned 1809 to 1852), Coptic Pope and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
- Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1777–1851), Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church
- Butrus al-Bustani (1818–1883), Lebanese writer and scholar
- Boutros Al-Hallaq, Syrian politician
- Boutros Ghali (1846–1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), Egyptian diplomat; Secretary General of the United Nations 1992-96
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920-2019), patriarch emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Church
- Boutros Khawand (born 1940), Lebanese politician, kidnapped and now missing
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (born 1940), Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
- Boutros Harb (born 1944), Lebanese politician
- Youssef Boutros Ghali (born 1952), Egyptian politician
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- Given names
- Surnames
- Coptic given names
- Arabic masculine given names