"Peterson" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈpitɚsən/ [General-American] Forms: Petersons [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{suffix|en|Peter|son}} Peter + -son, {{cog|da|Pedersen}} Danish Pedersen, {{m|en|Pettersen}} Pettersen, {{cog|pl|Piotrowicz}} Polish Piotrowicz, {{cog|sl|Petrič}} Slovene Petrič, {{m|sl|Petrovčič}} Petrovčič, {{m|sl|Petrovič}} Petrovič, {{m|en|Petric}} Petric, {{m|en|Petrovic}} Petrovic, {{der|en|sv|Petersson}} Swedish Petersson, {{m|en|Pettersson}} Pettersson Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Petersons}} Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)
  1. A surname transferred from the given name. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (surname meaning "son of Peter"): Pjetraj (Albanian), Պետրոսյան (Petrosyan) (Armenian), Петров (Petrov) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Pedersen (Danish), Petersen (Danish), Pieters (Dutch), Pieterszoon (Dutch), Pérez (Galician), Πετρίδης (Petrídis) [masculine] (Greek), Πέτρου (Pétrou) (Greek), Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos) [masculine] (Greek), Di Pietro (Italian), Pietri (Italian), Petravičius (Lithuanian), Pedersen (Norwegian), Petersen (Norwegian), Pietrowicz (Polish), Peres (Portuguese), Petrescu (Romanian), Петро́в (Petróv) [masculine] (Russian), Петровић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Перовић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Перић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Петић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Пешић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Petrović [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Perović [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Perić [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Petić [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Pešić [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Pérez (Spanish), Persson (Swedish), Pettersson (Swedish), Petersson (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Peterson-en-name-7rrtY8Fk Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -son Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -son: 13 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of 'surname meaning "son of Peter"': 47 13 13 13 13
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Kirkland Township, Adams County, Indiana.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Peterson-en-name-CBEG3MDj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -son Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -son: 13 22 22 22 22
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Peterson-en-name-JJg7Keud Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -son Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -son: 13 22 22 22 22
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    A minor city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Minnesota, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Minnesota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Peterson-en-name-WLk7I7Du Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -son Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -son: 13 22 22 22 22
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Utah, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Utah, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Peterson-en-name-Q1jZq8zO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -son Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -son: 13 22 22 22 22

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Pérez"
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      "word": "Di Pietro"
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      "word": "Pedersen"
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      "sense": "surname meaning \"son of Peter\"",
      "word": "Petersen"
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      "sense": "surname meaning \"son of Peter\"",
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