Per

Per is a Scandinavian masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek word πετρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". The name is a variant of Peter, a common masculine name of the same origin. Other Scandinavian variants of Per are Pehr, Peer and Pär.
It may refer to the following people:
Per Aabel (1902–1999), Norwegian comic actor
Per Almar Aas (born 1929), Norwegian politician
Per Ahlmark (born 1939), Swedish writer and former politician
Per Egil Ahlsen (born 1958), Norwegian footballer
Per Aldeheim (born 1966), Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Per Almaas (1898–1991), Norwegian politician
Per Almqvist (born 1978), Swedish singer-songwriter
Per Andersen (born 1930), Norwegian brain researcher
Per Anger (1913–2002), Swedish diplomat
Per Ankersjö (born 1971), Swedish politician
Per Ankre (born 1948), Norwegian handball player
Per Arneberg (1901–1981), Norwegian poet and translator
Per Arnoldi (born 1941), Danish artist
Per Asplin (1928–1996), Norwegian singer, composer, and actor
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855), Swedish poet
Per Aunet (born 1940), Norwegian politician and former athlete
Per Bak (1948–2002), Danish theoretical physicist
Per Bakken (1882–1958), Norwegian Nordic skier
Per Bang (1922–2010), Norwegian journalist
Per Bauhn (born 1960), Swedish philosopher and author
Per Bengtsson (born 1967), Swedish speedskater
Per Aage Brandt (born 1944), Danish writer, poet, and linguist
Per Bergersen (1960–1990), Swedish musician and songwriter
Per Bergerud (born 1956), Norwegian ski jumper
Per Bergman (1886–1950), Swedish competitive sailor
Per Bergsland (1919–1992), Norwegian pilot, prisoner of war, and escapee from Stalag Luft III
Per Bertilsson (1892–1972), Swedish gymnast
Per Bill (born 1958), Swedish politician
Per Bjerregaard (born 1946), executive director of Danish football club Brøndby IF
Per Bjørang (born 1948), Norwegian speed skater
Per Blom (born 1949), Norwegian sprint canoeist
Per Borten (1913–2005), Prime Minister of Norway, 1965–1971
Per Brahe the Elder (1520–1590), Swedish statesman
Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680), Swedish soldier and statesman
Per Brandtzæg (born 1936), Norwegian physician and professor
Per Bratland (1907–1988), Norwegian newspaper editor and author
Per Bredesen (born 1930), Norwegian footballer
Per Brinch Hansen (1938–2007), Danish-American computer scientist and pioneer of concurrent programming
Per Brogeland (born 1953), Norwegian football coach
Per Bronken (1935–2002), Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, and stage producer
Per Brunvand (born 1937), Norwegian newspaper editor
Per Buckhøj (1902–1964), Danish film actor
Per Bäckman (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player
Per Carleson (1917–2004), Swedish fencer
Per Carlqvist (born 1938), Swedish plasma physicist
Per Carlsen (diplomat), Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Russia
Per Carlsén (born 1960), Swedish curler
Per Carlén (born 1960), Swedish handball player
Per Cederblom (1901–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
Per Christensen (1934–2009), Norwegian actor
Per Eberhard Cogell (1734–1812), Swedish artist
Per Collinder (1890–1975), Swedish astronomer
Per Dalin (1936–2010), Norwegian educationalist
Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 1932), Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
Per Drageset (born 1944), Norwegian civil servant
Per Eggers (born 1951), Swedish actor
Per Egil Flo (born 1989), Norwegian footballer
Per Egil Hegge (born 1940), Norwegian journalist
Per Einarsson (born 1984), Swedish bandy player
Per Enflo (born 1944), Swedish mathematician and concert pianist
Per Gedda (1914–2005), Swedish sailor
Per Gessle (born 1959), Swedish musician, member of Roxette
Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946), Swedish politician
Per Krøldrup (born 1979), Danish footballer
Per Kirkeby (born 1938), Danish artist
Per Botolf Maurseth (born 1969), Norwegian economist and politician
Per Mertesacker (born 1984), German footballer
Per Edmund Mordt (born 1965), Norwegian footballer
Per Yngve Ohlin (1969-1991), Swedish singer
Per Welinder (born 1962), Swedish professional skateboarder
Per Martin-Löf (born 1942), Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician
Erik Per Sullivan (born 1991), American-Swedish actor

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1580s (earlier in various Latin and French phrases), from Latin per "through, during, by means of, on account of, as in," from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through, in front of, before, first, chief, toward, near, around, against."

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Short form of Peter: stone, rock.

Pedro, Peder, Pierre, Piotr, Petr, Peter, Petra, Piers, Pelle

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Per Mertesacker	1984	Footballer
2	Per "Dead" Ohlin	1969	Swedish black/death metal vocalist
3	Per Gessle	1959	Swedish musician
4	Per Degaton
5	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	1987	Norwegian footballer
6	Per Oscarsson	1927	Swedish film actor, director, producer and screenwriter
7	Per Albin Hansson	1885	Swedish 20th century prime minister
8	Per Nørgård	1932	Danish composer
9	Per Petterson	1952	Norwegian novelist
10	Per Krøldrup	1979	Danish footballer
11	Per Wimmer	1968	Future Danish space tourist
12	Per Bergsland	1918	Norwegian POW
13	Per Wiberg	1968	Swedish musician
14	Per Brinch Hansen	1938	Computer scientist
15	Per Martin-Löf	1942	Swedish logician, philosopher, and mathematical statistician
16	Per Abbat
17	Per Kirkeby	1938	Danish artist
18	Per Welinder	1962	Swedish skateboarder
19	Per Wahlöö	1926	Swedish writer
20	Per Eriksson	1982	Swedish musician
21	Per Olov Enquist	1934	Swedish writer
22	Per Enflo	1944	Swedish mathematician and concert pianist
23	Per Graffman	1962	Swedish actor
24	Per Engdahl	1909	Swedish politician
25	Per Krohg	1889	Norwegian artist
26	Per Brahe the Younger	1602	Swedish noble
27	Per Bak	1948	Danish physicist
28	Per Herrey	1958	Swedish composer
29	Per Tønder	1911	Norwegian politician
30	Per Frandsen	1970	Danish footballer
31	Per Lindstrand	1948	Swedish aeronautical engineer
32	Per Magnusson	1969	Swedish musician
33	Per Ståle Lønning	1950	Norwegian journalist
34	Per Teodor Cleve	1840	Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium
35	Per Gavatin	1977	Swedish actor
36	Per Waldvik	1950	Swedish actor
37	Per Wästberg	1933	Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy
38	Per Holknekt	1960	Swedish fashion designer
39	Per Jacobsson	1894	Swedish economist
40	Per Ahlmark	1939	Swedish politician and writer
41	Per Lindvall	1959
42	Per Frimann	1962	Danish footballer
43	Per Borten	1913	Norwegian politician
44	Per Fly	1960	Danish filmmaker
45	Per Gunnar Evander	1933	Swedish writer
46	Per Morberg	1950	Swedish actor and chef
47	Per Wiking	1931	Danish actor and television producer
48	Per Anger	1913	Righteous Among the Nations
49	Per Georg Scheutz	1785	Swedish inventor and businessman
50	Per Laursen	1966	Danish darts player
51	Per Ragnar	1941	Swedish actor
52	Per Sandberg	1962	Swedish actor
53	Per Karlsson	1986	Swedish footballer
54	Per Kristian Orderud	1954	Norwegian farmer
55	Per Olav Alvestad	1980
56	Per Aabel	1902	Comic actor
57	Per Dunsö	1949	Swedish actor
58	Per G. Malm	1948	Swedish Mormon leader
59	Per Anders Fogelström	1917	Swedish author
60	Per Holmberg	1951	Swedish actor
61	Per Hallberg	1958	Swedish sound editor
62	Per Frick	1992	Swedish footballer
63	Per Fugelli	1943	Norwegian physician
64	Per Rudling	1974	Swedish-American historian
65	Per Danielsen	1953	Norwegian lawyer
66	Per Svensson	1965	Swedish actor
67	Per Sundin	1963
68	Per Larsen	1945
69	Per Möller Jensen	1973	Danish musician
70	Per Elofsson	1977	Swedish cross-country skier
71	Per Persson	1963	Lead singer and founder of Perssons Pack
72	Per Andersen	1930	Norwegian brain researcher
73	Per Høiby	1962	Norwegian officer and manager
74	Per Simonsson	1975
75	Per Christiansen	1952	Danish journalist
76	Per Leo	1972	German writer
77	Per Stig Møller	1942	Danish politician
78	Per Myrberg	1933	Actor
79	Per Damgaard Hansen	1984	Danish actor
80	Per Jonsson	1966	Swedish speedway rider
81	Per Bolund	1971	Swedish politician
82	Per Åhlin	1931	Swedish artist
83	Per Nielsen	1973	Danish footballer
84	Per Gedin	1928	Swedish writer
85	Per Westerberg	1951	Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag
86	Per Bak Jensen	1949	Danish photographer
87	Per Eklund	1980	Swedish musician
88	Per Joar Hansen	1965	Norwegian footballer
89	Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson	1969	Swedish musician
90	Per Øystein Sørensen	1961	Norwegian musician
91	Per Wirtén	1958	Swedish journalist
92	Per Pedersen	1969	Danish footballer
93	Per Røntved	1949	Danish footballer
94	Per Knut Aaland	1954	Norwegian cross country skier
95	Per Henriksen	1919
96	Per Helge Sørensen	1968
97	Per Bjurman	1967
98	Per Bergersen	1960	Norwegian musician
99	Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom	1790	Swedish poet
100	Per Imerslund	1912	Norwegian national socialist
101	Per Håkan Börjesson	1954
102	Per Arnoldi	1941	Danish designer and artist
103	Per Krusell	1959	Swedish economist
104	Per Uddén	1925
105	Per Granberg	1965	Swedish singer
106	Per Bergerud	1956	Norwegian ski jumper
107	Per Günther	1988	Basketball player
108	Per Holm Knudsen	1945	Danish writer
109	Per Kristian Bråtveit	1996	Footballer
110	Per Hjertquist	1960	Swedish tennis player
111	Per Paust	1943
112	Per Mathisen	1969	Jazz bassist
113	Per Kristian Indrehus	1965	Norwegian singer and musician
114	Per Fredrik Åsly	1986	Norwegian singer
115	Per Tjernberg	1957
116	Per Mikael Jensen	1962	Danish journalist
117	Per Olof Sundman	1922	Swedish politician
118	Per Bittner	1985	German triathlete
119	Per Lindström	1936	Swedish logician
120	Per Aldeheim	1966	Swedish musician, producer and songwriter
121	Per Jørgensen	1952	Norwegian jazz musician
122	Per Spook	1939	Norwegian fashion designer
123	Per Lennart Aae	1940
124	Per Lønning	1928	Norwegian politician
125	Per Brahe the Elder	1520	Swedish noble
126	Per Skoglund	1950	Swedish photographer
127	Per Carlén	1960	Handball player
128	Per Aage Brandt	1944	Danish writer and linguist
129	Per Dahlberg	1962
130	Per Molander	1950
131	Per Axel Rydberg	1860	American botanist
132	Per Hækkerup	1915	Danish politician
133	Per Buckhøj	1902	Actor
134	Per Christian Ellefsen	1954	Norwegian actor
135	Per Olov Jansson	1920	Finnish photographer and author
136	Per Sivle	1857	Norwegian writer
137	Per Bystedt	1965
138	Per Abramsen	1941	Dutch sculptor
139	Per Beskow	1926	Swedish biblical scholar
140	Per Vilhelm Brüel	1915	Danish physicist
141	Per Rud	1967
142	Per Jacobsen	1911	Figure skater
143	Per Ivar Moe	1944	Norwegian speed skater
144	Per Bauhn	1960	Philosopher
145	Per Sundnes	1966	Norwegian journalist
146	Per E. Samuelson	1955	Swedish lawyer
147	Per Janzon	1844	Swedish actor
148	Per Bakken	1882	Norwegian Nordic combined skier
149	Per Bredesen	1930	Norwegian footballer
150	Per Ørum Jørgensen	1970
151	Per Ledin	1978	Ice hockey player
152	Per Kværne	1945	Norwegian tibetologist
153	Per Zanussi	1977	Jazz musician
154	Per Gahrton	1943	Politician
155	Per Olaf Lundteigen	1953	Norwegian politician
156	Per Holck	1942	Norwegian archaeologist, anthropologist and physician
157	Per Bill	1958	Swedish politician
158	Per Sandström	1981	Swedish handball player
159	Per Egil Hegge	1940	Norwegian journalist and editor
160	Per Forsberg
161	Per Oddvar Johansen	1968	Jazz drummer
162	Per Kornhall	1961	Swedish botanist and author
163	Per Asplin	1928	Norwegian actor and singer
164	Per Eric Nordquist	1940	Swedish television presenter
165	Per Tengstrand	1968	Swedish musician
166	Per Hasselberg	1850	Swedish artist
167	Per Liland	1931
168	Per Hillestad	1959	Norwegian musician
169	Per Christensen	1957
170	Per Askim	1881	Norwegian officer (1881-1963)
171	Per Burell	1956	Swedish actor
172	Per Landin	1956	Swedish translator and journalist
173	Per Qvale	1946	Norwegian translator
174	Per Gustafsson	1970	Retired Swedish ice hockey player
175	Per Svartvadet	1975	Ice hockey player
176	Per Stjernquist	1912	Swedish jurist
177	Per Sinding-Larsen	1965	Swedish journalist
178	Per Pinstrup-Andersen	1939	Danish economist
179	Per Elvis Granberg	1941	Norwegian singer
180	Per Faye-Hansen	1919	Pastor named Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations
181	Per Kaufeldt	1902	Swedish footballer and manager
182	Per J Andersson	1962	Swedish writer and journalist
183	Per Elam	1932	Swedish actor
184	Per Gullestrup	1955	Danish businessman
185	Per Krafft the Elder	1724	Swedish artist
186	Per Vers	1976	Danish rapper
187	Per Hägglund	1957
188	Per Kleppe	1923	Norwegian politician
189	Per Unckel	1948	Swedish politician
190	Per Johansson	1963	Swimmer
191	Per Skau	1968	Danish darts player
192	Per Adde	1926	Norwegian painter
193	Per Nordmark
194	Per Schlingmann	1970	Swedish politician
195	Per Thomas Andersen	1954	Norwegian historian
196	Per Friberg	1920	Swedish architect, landscape architect and professor
197	Per Inge Torkelsen	1953	Norwegian comedian, author and politician
198	Per Arne Olsen	1961	Norwegian politician
199	Per Eggers	1951	Swedish actor
200	Per Isdal	1957