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Per
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Appendix:Variations of "per"
Breton
Etymology
From br la Petrus.
Proper noun
br proper noun
br male Latin Peter
Mutation
P er
Danish
Etymology
From da la Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.
Pronunciation
da /per/ [pʰeɐ̯]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male Latin
Related terms
da Peter
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.
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Persson Persdóttir
Declension
Per Per Peri Pers
German
Alternative forms
de Peer
Etymology
From de sv -, de no - and de da Per in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
de De-Per.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de eːɐ̯ 1
Proper noun
m,s,e:s[colloquial]
de male
Declension
m,s,e:s[colloquial]
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Peer less common
Etymology
From nb la Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Latin
Usage notes
Traditionally popular in Norway. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olav or Per-Erik.
Related terms
nb Peder
nb Peer
nb Peter
nb Petter
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
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.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
nn Peer alternative spelling
nn Pe snm trd vef
Etymology
From nn gmq-mno Péðr, from nn non Pétr, from nn la Petrus Peter.1938 Olai Skulerud Tinnsmaalet 478 https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/fbe01cf659f4d6e6155dec13bfd3cdc2?page=29
Pronunciation
nn /peːr/
Proper noun
nn proper noun m
nn male Latin
Usage notes
Pers
Derived terms
nn persok Feast of Saint Peter
Related terms
nn Peter
nn Petter
nn Peder
nn Pede
References
Peter 90
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.
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Pär
Etymology
From sv la Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Per.wav
sv æːr 1
Proper noun
c
sv male
Usage notes
Traditionally popular in Sweden. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olof or Per-Åke.
Related terms
sv Peter
sv Petter
sv Persson
See also
sv Percy
sv Pernilla
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.
Anagrams
sv epr rep