Peterson - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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.
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpitɚsən/
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.
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:
- Spanish: Pérez (es)
- Swedish: Persson (sv), Pettersson (sv), Petersson (sv)
Peterson (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a surname from English.