Per

See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"

Breton

Etymology

From Latin Petrus.

Proper noun

Per

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Peter

Inflection

  Mutation of Per  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	Per	Ber	Fer	unchanged
plural	P{{{3}}}	B{{{3}}}	F{{{3}}}	unchanged

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per/, [pʰeɐ̯]

Proper noun

Per

1. a male given name from Latin

Related terms

• Peter

References

• [1] 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

Per m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Per: Persson
• daughter of Per: Persdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Per
Accusative	Per
Dative	Peri
Genitive	Pers

German

Alternative forms

• Peer

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Proper noun

Per m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pers, plural Pere or (colloquial) Pers)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Per [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Per	die	Pere, Pers1
genitive	eines	des	Pers	der	Pere, Pers1
dative	einem	dem	Per	den	Peren, Pers1
accusative	einen	den	Per	die	Pere, Pers1

¹Colloquial.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Peer (less common)

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.

Proper noun

Per

1. a male given name from Latin

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular in Norway. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olav or Per-Erik.

Related terms

• Peder
• Peer
• Peter
• Petter

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] 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

• Peer (alternative spelling)
• Pe (dialectal, Sunnmøre)

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian Péðr, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus (“Peter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːr/

Proper noun

Per m

1. a male given name from Latin

Usage notes

Patronymics:

• son of Per: Persson
• daughter of Per: Persdotter

Derived terms

• persok (“Feast of Saint Peter”)

Related terms

• Peter
• Petter
• Peder
• Pede

References

• “Peter” in Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎^[3] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 90
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• [4] 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 31th, 2022.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Pär

Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -æːr

Proper noun

Per c (genitive Pers)

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• Traditionally popular in Sweden. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olof or Per-Åke.

Related terms

• Peter
• Petter
• Persson

See also

• Percy
• Pernilla

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [5] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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

• rep