Etymology

From LatinCategory:Breton terms derived from Latin#PER Petrus.

Proper noun

PerCategory:Breton lemmas#PERCategory:Breton proper nouns#PERCategory:Breton entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English PeterCategory:Breton given names#PERCategory:Breton male given names#PERCategory:Breton male given names from Latin#PER

Mutation

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#PER Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per/, [pʰeɐ̯]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#PER

Proper noun

PerCategory:Danish lemmas#PERCategory:Danish proper nouns#PERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given name from LatinCategory:Danish given names#PERCategory:Danish male given names#PERCategory:Danish male given names from Latin#PER

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 41 939 males with the given name Per have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

Proper noun

Per mCategory:Faroese lemmas#PERCategory:Faroese proper nouns#PERCategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Faroese masculine nouns#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given nameCategory:Faroese given names#PERCategory:Faroese male given names#PER

Alternative forms

• Peer

Etymology

From SwedishCategory:German terms derived from Swedish#PER, NorwegianCategory:German terms derived from Norwegian#PER and DanishCategory:German terms derived from Danish#PER Per in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#PER
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯Category:Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯#PERCategory:Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯/1 syllable#PER

Proper noun

Per m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pers, plural Pere or (colloquial) Pers)Category:German lemmas#PERCategory:German proper nouns#PERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:German masculine nouns#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given nameCategory:German given names#PERCategory:German male given names#PER

Alternative forms

• Peer (less common)

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#PER Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.

Proper noun

PerCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#PERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns#PERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given name from LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål given names#PERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål male given names#PERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål male given names from Latin#PER

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 40 795 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Alternative forms

• Peer (alternative spelling)
• Pe (Sunnmøre, Trøndelag, Helgeland)

Etymology

From Middle NorwegianCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Middle Norwegian#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Norwegian#PER Péðr, from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#PER Pétr, from LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#PER Petrus (“Peter”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːr/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#PER

Proper noun

Per mCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given name from LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk given names#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk male given names#PERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Latin#PER

References

• “Peter” in Ivar Aasen (1878), Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎ (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 90
• Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 37 623 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on October 31st, 2022.

Alternative forms

• Pär

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Swedish terms derived from Latin#PER Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Swedish terms with audio pronunciation#PER
• Rhymes: -æːrCategory:Rhymes:Swedish/æːr#PERCategory:Rhymes:Swedish/æːr/1 syllable#PER

Proper noun

Per c (genitive Pers)Category:Swedish lemmas#PERCategory:Swedish proper nouns#PERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PERCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PERCategory:Pages with entries#PERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#PER

1. a male given nameCategory:Swedish given names#PERCategory:Swedish male given names#PER

See also

• Percy
• Pernilla

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 168 066 males with the given Per name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

Anagrams

• rep