Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pehr is a form of Per. Per comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pehr’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Pehr has a related form in Per. In German usage, Pehr has a related form in PEER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Peterequivalent
- Pedroequivalent
- Pierreequivalent
- Pietroequivalent
- Pieroequivalent
- Petarequivalent
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- Petterequivalent
- Peruequivalent
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- Pederequivalent
- Petroequivalent
- Piotrequivalent
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- Péturequivalent
- Peroequivalent
- Peeterequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pereequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
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- Petrasequivalent
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People named Pehr
- Pehr Evind SvinhufvudPresident of Finland (1861–1945)
- Pehr OsbeckSwedish explorer and naturalist (1723-1805)
- Pehr KalmSwedish scientist and priest (1716-1779)
- Pehr LöflingSwedish botanist (1729-1756)
- Pehr Wilhelm WargentinSwedish astronomer (1717-1783)
- Pehr G. GyllenhammarSwedish businessman1935–2024
- Ensio SiilasvuoFinnish general1922–2003
- Pehr HilleströmSwedish artist (1732-1816)
- Pehr Victor EdmanSwedish scientist (1916-1977)
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