# Per
## Breton
### Etymology

From Latin Petrus.

### Proper noun

Per
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Peter

#### Inflection

Breton consonant mutation :
| | unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard |
| singular | Per | Ber | Fer | unchanged |
| plural | P{{{3}}} | B{{{3}}} | F{{{3}}} | unchanged |

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /per/, [pʰeɐ̯]

### Proper noun

Per
* a male given name from Latin

#### Related terms

* Peter

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 41 939 males with the given name Per have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Per m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Per: Persson
* daughter of Per: Persdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Alternative forms

* Peer

### Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

### Proper noun

Per m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pers, plural Pere or (colloquial) Pers)
* a male given name

#### Declension

$^1$Colloquial.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* Peer (less common)

### Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.

### Proper noun

Per
* a male given name from Latin

#### Usage notes

* Traditionally popular in Norway. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olav or Per-Erik.

#### Related terms

* Peder
* Peer
* Peter
* Petter

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 40 795 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* Peer (alternative spelling)
* Pe (dialectal, Sunnmøre)

### Etymology

From Middle Norwegian Péðr, from Old Norse Pétr, from Latin Petrus (“Peter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peːr/

### Proper noun

Per m
* a male given name from Latin

#### Usage notes

Patronymics:
* son of Per: Persson
* daughter of Per: Persdotter

#### Derived terms

* persok (“Feast of Saint Peter”)

#### Related terms

* Peter
* Petter
* Peder
* Pede

### References

* ↑ Olai Skulerud (1938) Tinnsmaalet, page 478
* “Peter” in Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎ (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 90
* Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 37 623 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on October 31th, 2022.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Pär

### Etymology

From Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -æːr

### Proper noun

Per c (genitive Pers)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* Traditionally popular in Sweden. Also a common first part of conjoined names such as Per-Olof or Per-Åke.

#### Related terms

* Peter
* Petter
* Persson

### See also

* Percy
* Pernilla

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 168 066 males with the given Per name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.

### Anagrams

* rep