Per

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Short form of Pädher and Peder (see Pedr) [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

     
Pe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Peer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Pehr ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Per ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Pär ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

See also:
Variant forms: Biera, Perry
Female forms: Perda, Perla

Combinations

For combinations see PER (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

29 June

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

29 June

Sweden Sweden

1 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Per
Accusative: Per
Dative: Peri
Genitive: Pers
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Per
Accusative: Per
Dative: Per
Genitive: Pers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1428 [3]

Namesakes

Per Borten, former Prime Minister of Norway (1965-1971)

Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28th January, 1927 - 30th December, 2010) Swedish actor

Per Håkan Gessle (*12th January, 1959) Swedish singer and composer (Gyllene Tider, Roxette, etc.)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 3 65426 168066
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 33927 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 8934 40795
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 1 n.a 3559
  #: 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[5][6][7][8]:Name statistics for Per(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Per(m)


Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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