Given name & surname
Peder
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Peder is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Peder is a variant of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Peder is a variant of Peter. Peter has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Scottish Gaelic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Peder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 799
- 799 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 20 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 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 688 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Peder’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Peder has a feminine form in Pedrikke. Peder has a related form in Peter. In Norwegian usage, Peder has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Peder has relatives in 10 languages.
10 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Pedroequivalent
- Pierreequivalent
- PietroItalian
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- PieterDutch
- Petroequivalent
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- Perequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- PiotrPolish
- PetrusDutch
- PetrCzech
- Peruequivalent
- Kepaequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Petrasequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- Pedersen“son of” surname · Danish
- Petrikkefeminine form · Norwegian
- Pedrikkefeminine form · Norwegian
- Peeterequivalent
- Petruequivalent
People named Peder
- Peder Severin KrøyerDanish painter (1851-1909)
- Peder Kolstad19th Prime Minister of Norway (1878–1932)
- Peder Mørk MønstedDanish painter (1859-1941)
- Peder FredricsonSwedish jockeyborn 1972
- Peder KongshaugNorwegian speed skaterborn 2001
- Peter AscaniusNorwegian biologist; student of Linnaeus (1723—1803)
- Peder BalkeNorwegian painter (1804-1887)
- Peder PedersenDanish cyclist (1945-2015)
- Peder LykkebergDanish swimmer (1878–1944)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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