Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Peer

PEER

GENDER: Masculine

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: Pehr, Per, Per, Per

DIMINUTIVE: Pelle

FEMININE FORM: Petra

OTHER LANGUAGES: Peio (Basque), Perig (Breton), Per (Danish), Piet (Dutch), Pete (English), Pekka (Finnish), Peti (Hungarian), Pit (Limburgish), Per (Norwegian), Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petrica (Romanian), Per, Pehr, Pelle (Swedish)

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