Ole-Petter
Scandinavian · Boy
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About the name Ole-Petter
Ole-Petter is a compound Norwegian given name combining "Ole," a Danish and Norwegian form of the Old Norse Óláfr meaning "ancestor's descendant" or "heirloom," and "Petter," the Scandinavian form of Peter, from the Greek Petros meaning "rock" or "stone." It is used primarily in Norway and among Scandinavian Lutheran communities, with historical roots in the 19th-century tradition of hyphenated names and the widespread Christian veneration of Saint Peter.
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Etymology
Ole-Petter is a compound Norwegian given name combining "Ole," a Danish and Norwegian form of the Old Norse Óláfr meaning "ancestor's descendant" or "heirloom," and "Petter," the Scandinavian form of Peter, from the Greek Petros meaning "rock" or "stone." It is used primarily in Norway and among Scandinavian Lutheran communities, with historical roots in the 19th-century tradition of hyphenated names and the widespread Christian veneration of Saint Peter.
Ole-Petter currently ranks #560 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1966.
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