Given name & surname
Pater
Pater is a surname. It is used in English and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Pater is a diminutive of PATERNO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pater through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,183 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pater’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Pater is a diminutive of PATERNO. In Greek usage, Pater as a surname is a transliteration of Πάτερ. In Greek usage, Pater as a surname is a transliteration of Πατέρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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