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Petteri

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Vernacular form of Pietari (Peter),[1] probably via Swedish Petter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːe̞ri]
  • Rhymes: -etːeri
  • Syllabification(key): Pet‧te‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): Pet‧te‧ri

Proper noun

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Petteri

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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  • A popular middle name during the second half of the 20th century.

Declension

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Inflection of Petteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Petteri Petterit
genitive Petterin Petterien
Pettereiden
Pettereitten
partitive Petteriä Pettereitä
Petterejä
illative Petteriin Pettereihin
singular plural
nominative Petteri Petterit
accusative nom. Petteri Petterit
gen. Petterin
genitive Petterin Petterien
Pettereiden
Pettereitten
partitive Petteriä Pettereitä
Petterejä
inessive Petterissä Pettereissä
elative Petteristä Pettereistä
illative Petteriin Pettereihin
adessive Petterillä Pettereillä
ablative Petteriltä Pettereiltä
allative Petterille Pettereille
essive Petterinä Pettereinä
translative Petteriksi Pettereiksi
abessive Petterittä Pettereittä
instructive Petterein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Petteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Statistics

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  • Petteri is the 226th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,560 male individuals (and as a middle name to 70,748 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

References

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  1. ^ Kustaa Vilkuna (2005) [1976], Pirjo Mikkonen, editor, Etunimet, 4th edition, Helsinki: Otava, published 2011, →ISBN

Ingrian

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Petteri (2).

Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin Petrus. The place name is a calque from Russian Питер (Piter). Akin to Finnish Pietari, Petteri.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Petteri

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
  2. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)
    • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
      Torgua pitivät: Petterii halkoja veittivät tali liivaa.
      They kept goods: They carried billets or sand into Saint Petersburg.

Declension

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Declension of Petteri (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Petteri Petterit
genitive Petterin Petteriin, Petterilöin
partitive Petteriä Petterijä, Petterilöjä
illative Petterii Petterii, Petterilöihe
inessive Petteriis Petteriis, Petterilöis
elative Petterist Petteriist, Petterilöist
allative Petterille Petteriille, Petterilöille
adessive Petteriil Petteriil, Petterilöil
ablative Petterilt Petteriilt, Petterilöilt
translative Petteriks Petteriiks, Petterilöiks
essive Petterinnä, Petteriin Petteriinnä, Petterilöinnä, Petteriin, Petterilöin
exessive1) Petterint Petteriint, Petterilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 404
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[1], →ISBN, page 74

Votic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ingrian Petteri.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Petteri

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
  2. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)

Declension

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Declension of Petteri (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Petteri Petterid
genitive Petteri Petterije
partitive Petteriä Petteriit
illative Petteri, Petterise Petteriise
inessive Petteriz Petteriiz
elative Petteriss Petteriiss
allative Petterille Petteriille
adessive Petterill Petteriill
ablative Petterilt Petteriilt
translative Petterissi Petteriissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT.
For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Heinike Heinsoo; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2017), Vaďďa sõnakopittõja: ülezantõmizõd