He is also known as Little Peter, Peter the Hermit, and Peter of Ameins. I have been reading about him for a paper. Mainly becase i find him quite amusing. He seems to have a complex of sorts with thinking he can lead people. I do not need to know what the Primary sources (Alexiad, Historia de Hierosolymitano itinere, Gesta Francorum) have to say about him, but what is his name all about? "CUCUPETER" does it mean he is crazy? There is no answer for this in the texts, but that is the first logical conclusion I draw. Any other information would be helpful to regarding his characteristics.
Please have sources or state you are making a speculation in any answers.
Thanks! Tyrus Ross Garrett, of The North.
This appellation comes from Anna Komnene (at least):
A Kelt, by the name of Peter and known too as Koukoupetros, left to worship at the Holy Sepulchre... -Alexiad 10.5
The footnotes for my Penguin Classics translation say:
Literally, Peter the Cuckoo
ETA: The nickname would come from the Latin cuculus rather than Greek kokkyx (coccyx, like tailbone!), so I wonder whether it was bestowed on him as a joke by Latin-educated Greeks or Komnene picked it up from other Franks.