Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Petronella. Recorded in Denmark since 1375. Cognate with Swedish Pernilla.

Proper noun edit

Pernille

  1. a female given name

References edit

  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 069 females with the given name Pernille have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Norwegian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Petronella.

Proper noun edit

Pernille

  1. a female given name