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Petter (male)

Variants:Peter (M) Pär (M) Per (M)
Can be spelt:Peter (M)
Feminine form:Pernilla (F) Pernille (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Swedish form of Peter [q.v.], from Greek "a rock" or "a stone".

The 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire had a significant number of occurences of this spelling of Peter.
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