Details for the forename Cephas

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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.