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Boutros

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
Stone"

Related names
  
Peter, Pierre, Pedro

Word/name
  
Arabic

Alternative spelling
  
Botros, Butrus

Pronunciation
  
Arabic: [butˤrus] Egyptian Arabic: [botɾos]

Boutros (Arabic: بطرس ‎‎), also transliterated as Botros and Butrus, 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. Its use is confined to the Christian community.

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Notable persons with the name Boutros or variants include:

Persons with the 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 Ghali (1846–1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
  • Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (born 1920), patriarch emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Church
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), Egyptian diplomat
  • 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

    • Persons with the surname

  • Basimah Yusuf Butrus (born 1963), Iraqi Assyrian politician
  • Julia Boutros (born 1968), Lebanese singer
  • Zakaria Botros (born 1934), Egyptian Coptic priest
  • Ziad Boutros Palestinian-Lebanese composer

    • References

    Boutros Wikipedia
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