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Cephas (male)

Variants:Peter (M)
Derivative(s):Kepa (M)
Can be spelt:Kephos (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Aramaic, the original name given to St Peter by Jesus Christ, which has the same meaning as the Greek petros "a rock, a stone"; NT Matthew 16:17-18, John 1:42.
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