Per

See also Peer, per, PER, and për

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /per/, [pʰeɐ̯]

Proper noun

Per

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Peter

References

• [1] 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.

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German

Alternative forms

• Peer

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Proper noun

Per

1. A male given name.

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Peer (less common)

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.

Proper noun

Per

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular in Norway. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olav or Per-Erik.

Related terms

• Peder
• Peer
• Peter
• Petter

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] 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.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Pär

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.

Proper noun

Per

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular in Sweden. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olof or Per-Åke.

Related terms

• Peter
• Petter
• Persson

See also

• Percy
• Pernilla

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.