Per is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning “Peter.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Per belongs to the Greek and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “Peter” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Greek.
In the United States, Per first appears in Social Security records in 1923. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2190 in 1966, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 369 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Per means “Peter” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Per is a boy name.
Per comes from the Greek and Scandinavian tradition. It is also spelled Greek.
Per first appears in US records in 1923. Its best-ever ranking was #2190 in 1966, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Per is pronounced /per/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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