Peeta Mellark is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is the male tribute from District 12 who competes alongside Katniss Everdeen in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Probably the name is a variant of the name Peter. Peeta by the way is the Finnish version of the name Peta, which is always connected to Peter.
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