Per

Per meaning and name origin

Per \per\ as a boy's name has the meaning "rock" and is a variant of Peter (Greek): variant of Petros. Also a variant of Pierre (French): Per and Peer are German and Scandinavian forms.

Per has 2 variant forms: Par, Peer.

Per is also pronounced similarly to Parr. Other suggested similar baby names are Ker, Ner, Pen, Perl, Perry, Petr and Piero.

View a list of the 2 names that reference Per.

Popularity of Per

Per is not a popular first name for males and an equally uncommon surname or last name for all people (2000 U.S. Census).

Displayed below is the baby names popularity of Per name for boys (2012 statistics). Compare Per with its variant forms and related boy baby names.

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