[BSunday]

Actually, Peter in Greek is "Petros", which is a masculinization of "Petra," which means "rock." Thus "Rocky" is not all that bad a translation of his name.

Only in the loosest sense. That would be like calling me "Red" or "Foxy" or even "Tricky" because my first name is Russell which means "like a fox". Although these names are all acceptable based on the meaning of the word Russell, doesn't mean they are accurate.

[synwojciecha]

The difference is that Jesus made up the name "Petros" and gave it to Simon in order to emphasize that he was to be the foundation of the Church. His new name is a play on words, which gets lost if you translate it merely as "Peter."

Still, I agree that translating it as "Rocky" is not appropriate given everything we associated with the name. The play on words can be clarified in a footnote.