Name: Per
Gender: Male
Usage: Per, of breton origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Per are in general originating from Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Per across the world, see Peter.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Per is: Stone, A rock.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Per is ranked on the 3,322nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 104300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Per has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Per for each year.
The name day of Per is 29 June.
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History and Origin
Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". The name is a variant of Peter, a common masculine name of the same origin. Other Scandinavian variants of Per are Pehr, Peer and Pär.
It may refer to the following people:
- Per Aabel (1902–1999), Norwegian comic actor
- Per Almar Aas (born 1929), Norwegian politician
- Per Ahlmark (born 1939), Swedish writer and former politician
- Per Egil Ahlsen (born 1958), Norwegian footballer
- Per Aldeheim (born 1966), Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- Per Almaas (1898–1991), Norwegian politician
- Per Andersen (born 1930), Norwegian brain researcher
- Per Anger (1913–2002), Swedish diplomat
- Per Ankersjö (born 1971), Swedish politician
- Per Ankre (born 1948), Norwegian handball player
- Per Argentine (born 1986), American film maker
- Per Arneberg (1901–1981), Norwegian poet and translator
- Per Arnoldi (born 1941), Danish artist
- Per Asplin (1928–1996), Norwegian singer, composer, and actor
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855), Swedish poet
- Per Aunet (born 1940), Norwegian politician and former athlete
- Per Bak (1948–2002), Danish theoretical physicist
- Per Bakken (1882–1958), Norwegian Nordic skier
- Per Bang (1922–2010), Norwegian journalist
- Per Bauhn (born 1960), Swedish philosopher and author
- Per Bengtsson (born 1967), Swedish speedskater
- Per Aage Brandt (born 1944), Danish writer, poet, and linguist
- Per Bergersen (1960–1990), Swedish musician and songwriter
- Per Bergerud (born 1956), Norwegian ski jumper
- Per Bergman (1886–1950), Swedish competitive sailor
- Per Bergsland (1919–1992), Norwegian pilot, prisoner of war, and escapee from Stalag Luft III
- Per Bertilsson (1892–1972), Swedish gymnast
- Per Bill (born 1958), Swedish politician
- Per Bjerregaard (born 1946), executive director of Danish football club Brøndby IF
- Per Bjørang (born 1948), Norwegian speed skater
- Per Blom (born 1949), Norwegian sprint canoeist
- Per Borten (1913–2005), Prime Minister of Norway, 1965–1971
- Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590), Swedish statesman
- Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680), Swedish soldier and statesman
- Per Brandtzæg (born 1936), Norwegian physician and professor
- Per Bratland (1907–1988), Norwegian newspaper editor and author
- Per Bredesen (born 1930), Norwegian footballer
- Per Brinch Hansen (1938–2007), Danish-American computer scientist and pioneer of concurrent programming
- Per Brogeland (born 1953), Norwegian football coach
- Per Bronken (1935–2002), Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, and stage producer
- Per Brunvand (born 1937), Norwegian newspaper editor
- Per Buckhøj (1902–1964), Danish film actor
- Per Bäckman (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player
- Per Carleson (1917–2004), Swedish fencer
- Per Carlqvist (born 1938), Swedish plasma physicist
- Per Carlsen (diplomat), Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Russia
- Per Carlsén (born 1960), Swedish curler
- Per Carlén (born 1960), Swedish handball player
- Per Cederblom (1901–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
- Per Christensen (1934–2009), Norwegian actor
- Per Eberhard Cogell (1734–1812), Swedish artist
- Per Collinder (1890–1975), Swedish astronomer
- Per Dalin (1936–2010), Norwegian educationalist
- Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 1932), Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
- Per Drageset (born 1944), Norwegian civil servant
- Per Eggers (born 1951), Swedish actor
- Per Egil Flo (born 1989), Norwegian footballer
- Per Egil Hegge (born 1940), Norwegian journalist
- Per Einarsson (born 1984), Swedish bandy player
- Per Enflo (born 1944), Swedish mathematician and concert pianist
- Per Gessle (born 1959), Swedish musician, member of Roxette
- Per Albin Hansson (1985-1946), Swedish politician
- Per Krøldrup (born 1979), Danish footballer
- Per Kirkeby (born 1938), Danish artist
- Per Botolf Maurseth (born 1969), Norwegian economist and politician
- Per Mertesacker (born 1984), German footballer
- Per Edmund Mordt (born 1965), Norwegian footballer
- Per Yngve Ohlin (1969-1991), Swedish singer
- Per Welinder (born 1962), Swedish professional skateboarder
- Per Martin-Löf (born 1942), Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician.
Scandinavian: vernacular form of Peter.
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