Etymology

Petersen

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Today it means: A surname from Danish. Full definition →

Danish Petersen ← Norwegian Petersen
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  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromPetersen
  2. Danish · borrowed fromPetersen
  3. English todayPetersen

From Danish Petersen or, less often, from Norwegian Petersen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.