Peterson
/puh-tuhr-SOHN/ French Male
Meaning & Origin
Peterson is a French name .
Quick Facts
Language French
Gender Male
Phonetic puh-tuhr-SOHN
Pronunciation Tip
Say it as puh-tuhr-SOHN. Keep the original French phonetics — don't anglicize the sounds.
Peterson in Other Cultures
صخر (Sakhr) /sˤaxr/
Arabic 石 (Shí) /ʂi˧˥/
Chinese La Roche /la ʁɔʃ/
French Peters /ˈpeːtɐs/
German Πετρίδης (Petridis) /peˈtriðis/
Greek בן סלע (Ben Sela) /ben ˈselaʔ/
Hebrew Di Pietro /di ˈpjɛːtro/
Italian 石 (Ishi) /iɕi/
Japanese 석 (Seok) /sʌ̹k̚/
Korean Piotrowicz /pʲɔˈtrɔvit͡ʂ/
Polish Pires /ˈpiɾɨʃ/
Portuguese Петров (Petrov) /pʲɪˈtrof/
Russian + 4 more cultures
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