Peterson

English

Etymology

English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter +‎ -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpitɚsən/

Proper noun

Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Kirkland Township, Adams County, Indiana.
   2. A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
   3. A minor city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.

Translations

surname meaning "son of Peter"

• Albanian: Pjetraj
• Armenian: Պետրոսյան (Petrosyan)
• Bulgarian: Петров m (Petrov)
• Danish: Pedersen, Petersen
• Dutch: Pieters (nl), Pieterszoon
• Galician: Pérez
• Greek: Πετρίδης (el) m (Petrídis), Πέτρου (el) (Pétrou), Πετρόπουλος (el) m (Petrópoulos)
• Italian: Di Pietro, Pietri
• Lithuanian: Petravičius
• Norwegian: Pedersen, Petersen
• Polish: Pietrowicz
• Portuguese: Peres (pt)
• Romanian: Petrescu
• Russian: Петро́в (ru) m (Petróv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Петровић, Перовић, Перић, Петић, Пешић

  Roman: Petrović, Perović, Perić, Petić, Pešić

• Spanish: Pérez (es)
• Swedish: Persson (sv), Pettersson (sv), Petersson (sv)

Anagrams

• Petrones, prenotes, preonset

Estonian

Proper noun

Peterson (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a surname from English.