Peterson - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Peterson \p(e)-ter-son, pet(e)-rson\ is a variant of Peter (Greek), and the meaning of Peterson is "rock".

The baby name Peterson sounds like Paterson and Patterson. Other similar baby names are Person, Pierson and Pearson.

Peterson is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#68 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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