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Per name meaning

First Name
360
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
231
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Per mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Per

User Submitted Origins

Norwegian
47%
Scandinavian
26%
Swedish
16%
Danish
5%
English
5%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A submission from Norway says the name Per means "Rock or stone" and is of Norwegian origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
preposition Per
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.

Etymology: L. Cf. Far For- Pardon, and cf. Par prep

Wiktionary

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per.

shortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

per was also found in the following language(s): Aromanian, Asturian, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, German, Hungarian, Ido, Italian, Ladin, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Norwegian, Novial, Romani, Swedish, and Volapük

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Notable Persons Named Per

Notable Persons Named Per

Per Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker is a soccer player for the Arsenal F.C., Hannover 96, SV Werder Bremen, Germany national youth football team, Germany national under-21 football team, and Germany national football team. Per was born on September 29th, 1984 in Hanover, West Germany.

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Per Gessle

Per Gessle is a musician. He plays Gibson SG. He has been prominent since 1976. Per was given the name Per Håkan Gessle on January 12th, 1959 in Halmstad.

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Gottfrid Svartholm

Gottfrid was given the name Per Gottfrid Svartholm Warg on October 17th, 1984. Gottfrid is also known as anakata.

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Jonas Jonasson

Jonas was given the name Per Ola Jonasson on July 6th, 1961 in Växjö.

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Per Degaton

Per Degaton is a comics character.

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Per Ciljan Skjelbred

Per Ciljan Skjelbred is a soccer player for the Hertha BSC, Rosenborg BK, Hamburger SV, and Norway national football team. Per was born on June 16th, 1987 in Trondheim, Norway.

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  • Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
    Musician
  • Per Albin Hansson
    --03- Cabinet of Per Albin Hansson I
  • Per Wiberg
    Musician
  • Per Nilsson
    Musician
  • Magnus Uggla
    Musician
  • Per Oscarsson
    Actor
  • Per Martin-Löf
    Scientist
  • Per Bergsland
    Military Person
  • Per Petterson
    Writer
  • Erik Grönwall
    Singing
  • Per Olov Enquist
    Journalist
  • Per Wimmer
  • Henrik Schyffert
    Comedian
  • Jonas Kjellgren
    Musician

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Per U.S.
█  White 51.52% 64.26%
█  African American 11.26% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 14.29% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 22.51% 16.26%

Of Last Name Per

People with the last name Per are most frequently White, African American, Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Per

  • How Popular is the name Per? Per is the 20,351st most popular name of all time. As a last name Per was the 81,772nd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Per have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 360 babies born with the first name Per in the United States. That's more than enough people named Per to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Per? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1923 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Per first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Per is Wednesday, December 15th, 1869.
  • What year had the most people named Per born? The highest recorded use of the first name Per was in 1964 with a total of 14 babies.
  • Weird things about the name Per: The name spelled backwards is Rep. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Rep. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Per? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 231 people with the last name Per.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Per? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Per as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.3m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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