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Petter
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petter
English
Etymology
en nl,de Ludewig, a variant of the personal name de Peter.
Proper noun
s
en Dutch,German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Petter is the 38050th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 583 individuals. Petter is most common among White (88.34%) individuals.
Further reading
Norwegian
Proper noun
no male Peter
en no John D. Sutter Welcome to the world’s nicest prison w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 2012-05-24 Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway. https://web.archive.org/web/20260726080340/https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 26 July 2026
Related terms
(male given names) no Peder, no Peer, no Per, no Peter
no Pettersen
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 139 males with the given name Petter living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a smaller peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish
Proper noun
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sv male Peter
Derived terms
sv viktigpetter someone self-important, know-it-all
sv galapetter gala reporter