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

PER

GENDER: Masculine

Meaning & History

Scandinavian and Breton form of PETER

Related Names

VARIANTS: Peer (Danish), Peer (Norwegian), Peer, Pehr (Swedish)

DIMINUTIVES: Pelle (Swedish), Perig (Breton)

FEMININE FORM: Petra (Scandinavian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Arabic), Bedros, Petros (Armenian), Peru, Petri, Peio (Basque), Peter (Biblical), Petros (Biblical Greek), Petrus (Biblical Latin), Petar, Penko, Petko (Bulgarian), Pere (Catalan), Botros, Boutros, Butrus (Coptic), Petru (Corsican), Petar, Pejo, Perica, Pero (Croatian), Petr (Czech), Peer (Danish), Peter, Petrus, Pier, Pieter, Piet (Dutch), Peter, Peers, Pete (English), Piers (English (British)), Petro (Esperanto), Peeter (Estonian), Petri, Petteri, Pietari, Pekka (Finnish), Pierre (French), Pitter (Frisian), Petre (Georgian), Peter, Petrus (German), Petros (Greek), Pika (Hawaiian), Péter, Peti (Hungarian), Pétur (Icelandic), Peadar, Piaras (Irish), Pietro, Piero (Italian), Pitter, Pit (Limburgish), Petras (Lithuanian), Petar, Petre, Pece, Petko (Macedonian), Petera (Maori), Piers (Medieval French), Petter, Peer (Norwegian), Piotr (Polish), Pedro, Pedrinho (Portuguese), Petre, Petru, Petrica (Romanian), Pyotr, Petia, Petya (Russian), Peadar (Scottish), Petar, Pero (Serbian), Peter (Slovak), Peter (Slovene), Pedro (Spanish), Petter, Peer, Pehr, Pelle (Swedish), Petro (Ukrainian), Pedr (Welsh)

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