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View Name: Peer


PEER
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Scandinavian
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), 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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