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English
Etymology
English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Kirkland Township, Adams County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.
Translations
surname meaning "son of Peter"
- Albanian: Pjetraj
- Armenian: Պետրոսյան (Petrosyan)
- Bulgarian: Петров m (Petrov)
- Danish: Pedersen, Petersen
- Dutch: Pieters (nl), Pieterszoon
- Galician: Pérez
- Greek: Πετρίδης (el) m (Petrídis), Πέτρου (el) (Pétrou), Πετρόπουλος (el) m (Petrópoulos)
- Italian: Di Pietro, Pietri
- Lithuanian: Petravičius
- Norwegian: Pedersen, Petersen
- Polish: Pietrowicz
- Portuguese: Peres (pt)
- Romanian: Petrescu
- Russian: Петро́в (ru) m (Petróv)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Петровић, Перовић, Перић, Петић, Пешић
- Roman: Petrović, Perović, Perić, Petić, Pešić
- Spanish: Pérez (es)
- Swedish: Persson (sv), Pettersson (sv), Petersson (sv)
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Estonian
Proper noun
Peterson (genitive , partitive )
- a surname from English.