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Petter
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Usage
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic variant form of Peter (see Pétr) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
| Pette | ♂ |   |
|
| Petter | ♂ |   |
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| Petteri | ♂ | |
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| Petti | ♂ |  |
|
See also Behtter (Sami)
For female forms see Petterine
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Petterinpoika |
|
| Pettersen |
|
| Petterson |
|
| Petterssen |
|
| Pettersson |
|
| Petterssøn |
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| Pettersøn |
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Female
| Petterdatter |
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| Petterdotter |
|
| Petterintytär |
|
| Pettersdatter |
|
| Pettersdotter |
|
| Pettersdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Petter |
| Genitive: | Petters |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Petter |
| Genitive: | Petterin |
| Partitive: | Petteriä |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Petter |
| Genitive: | Petters |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Petter |
| Accusative: | Petter |
| Dative: | Petter |
| Genitive: | Petters |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Petter |
| Genitive: | Petters |
Name Days
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29 June |
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29 June |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974), Norwegian rally and rallycross driver
- Petter Northug (born 6 January 1986), Norwegian cross-country skier
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[8] |
|
5376 | 10302 | 0 | 0 | 5376 | 10302 |
| Finland[9] |
 |
n.a. |
6815 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
6815 |
| Denmark[10] |
 |
77 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
77 | n.a. |
| Iceland[11] |
  |
2 | 4 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[12] |
|
10264 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
10264 | n.a. |
 Greenland[13] |
  |
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [14]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Petter (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables