Petri m

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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Petri f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Finnish dialectal form of Petrus and its variant forms ^[1]

2) Patronymic genitive form of Petrus ^[2]

Related Names

See Petrus

Name Day

Finland

29 June

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Finland: Itä-Suomi ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		2	4	1111	1764
Denmark[4]		3	n.a.	15	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	0	33
Finland[6]		n.a.	2	n.a	40337
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Petri.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi