Peterson
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning son of Peter; patronymic surname.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Peterson by the numbers
Peterson was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
Other names that come from Peter
Like Peterson, each of these traces back to Peter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
- Pierrestone or rock; French form of Peter155 in the US (2017)
- Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrvariant of Peter; rock or stone5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Peterson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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