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Usage
Old Danish
Old Swedish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
1) Old Danish, Old Swedish and younger form of Pedr [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
2) Swedish younger form of Pädher [3] [7]
Related Names
See Pedr
Male
Pedersen
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Pederson
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Pederssen
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Pedersson
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Pederssøn
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Pederßøn (17th century)
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Female
Pedersdatter
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Pedersdotter
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Pederss dotter
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Pederszdotther
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Peder
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Genitive: |
Peders
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Peder
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Genitive: |
Pederin
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Partitive: |
Pederiä
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Peder
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Genitive: |
Peders
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Peder
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Genitive: |
Peders
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Name Day
Norway
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1 August
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 4,445 people were named Peder (percentage of first or only given name: 19 %) [11]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[13] |
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2892 |
5990 |
0 |
0 |
2892 |
5990 |
Denmark[14] |
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4719 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
4719 |
n.a. |
Finland[15] |
|
n.a. |
178 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
178 |
Greenland[16] |
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10 |
25 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
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3872 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3872 |
n.a. |
#: 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
Sources: [13][14][17][15]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [18]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Peder (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Niels Cl. Hansen: Bøndernavnene i Ribe Amt i 16. Århundrede (1933)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables