Meaning & History
Pettersson is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Petter". Petter is the Swedish and Norwegian form of Peter, which ultimately derives from the Greek Πέτρος (Petros) meaning "stone." As a patronymic surname, it follows the Scandinavian naming tradition of adding -son (or -sen in Danish/Norwegian) to the father's given name.
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Other Languages & Cultures
(Armenian)
Bedrosian, Petrosyan (Russian)
Petrov, Petrova (Macedonian)
Pandev (Croatian)
Petrić (Serbian)
Petrović (Croatian)
Perić (Slovene)
Perko (Croatian)
Perković, Petković (Czech)
Pecháček, Pecháčková, Pešek, Pešková (Norwegian)
Pedersen, Petersen (Flemish)
Peeters (German)
Peter, Peters (Dutch)
Pieters (English)
Pearce, Pearse, Pearson, Peterson, Pierce, Pierson, Park 3, Parkins, Parkinson, Parks, Perkins (Finnish)
Pekkanen (French)
Pierre, Perrault, Perreault, Perrin, Perrot (Hungarian)
Péter, Pethes, Pető, Petőcs, Petőfi (Italian)
Di Pietro, Petri, Pietri, Pedrotti (Lithuanian)
Petraitienė, Petraitis, Petraitytė, Petrauskaitė, Petrauskas, Petrauskienė (Macedonian)
Petrovska, Petrovski (Norwegian)
Pettersen (Polish)
Pietrzak (Portuguese)
Pires (Romanian)
Petran, Petre, Petrescu (Spanish)
Pérez, Perez (Ukrainian)
Petrenko
Sources: Wikipedia — Pettersson