Petter

Borrowed from Dutch and German Ludewig, a variant of the personal name Peter.

Petter (plural Petters)

1. A surname from Dutch or German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Petter is the 38050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 583 individuals. Petter is most common among White (88.34%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Petter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Petter

1. a male given name, variant of Peter
   • 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     Jan Petter Vala is serving part of a 10-year murder sentence on a posh island in southern Norway.

• (male given names) Peder, Peer, Per, Peter
• Pettersen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 139 males with the given name Petter living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a smaller peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Petter c (genitive Petters)

1. a male given name, variant of Peter

• viktigpetter (“someone self-important, know-it-all”)
• galapetter (“gala reporter”)