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View Name: Peer


PEER
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Meaning & History
Variant of PER. The Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen used this name for the main character in his play 'Peer Gynt' (1867).
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VARIANTS: Per (Danish), Per (Norwegian), Pehr, Per (Swedish)
DIMINUTIVE: Pelle (Swedish)
FEMININE FORMS: Petra (Danish), Petra (Norwegian), Petra (Swedish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Peio (Basque), Perig (Breton), Piet (Dutch), Pete (English), Pekka (Finnish), Peti (Hungarian), Pit (Limburgish), Petruccio (Medieval Italian), Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petrica (Romanian)
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