Peder

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Danish and modern form of Pedr ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

2) Swedish modern form of Pädher ^[3]

Related Names

See Pedr

Name Day

Norway

1 August

Further Information

Namesakes

Peder Ludvik Kolstad, former Prime Minister of Norway (1931-1932)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	5869	n.a
Sweden[7]		0	0	2994	6080
Norway[8]		0	0	2236	3851
Finland[9]		n.a.	1	n.a	152
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[7][6][8][9]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[8]:

Sources: ^{[7] [6] [8] [9]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
5. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi