Given name & surname · also Danish
Petersen
Petersen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Petersen comes from Danish, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Danish usage, Petersen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Peter.
Petersen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Petersen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Peter. In Danish usage, Petersen as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peterson. In German usage, Petersen as a surname has a related form in Peter.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Petersen has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Norwegian roots to each of them.
12 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Petervariant · German
- Petersonvariant · German, English
- Petersvariant · Dutch, German
- Pettersenvariant · German
- Pietersenvariant · German
- Pedersenvariant · German
- Peterssonvariant · German
- Peterssenvariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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“the oak”
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