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petter Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch, German, and English: variant of Peter.
  2. German (southwest): from Middle High German pfetter ‘godfather’ or ‘uncle’ (from Late Latin patrinus, derivative of pater ‘father’).
  3. Dutch: occupational name for someone who pumped water, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch putten, pitten, petten ‘to draw water’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The petter name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the petter family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of petter Families in the US in 1920
Number of petter families
 42-82
 15-41		 1-14
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 9 - Messages: 22
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Aaron Petter ~ Child Immigrant Sent to VA. in 1619 BasketLady420 0
Justus Petter 1845-1923 died in Hopkinsville kurt66 3
Regina Petter Marbach,Germany Sharon Miller 2
New Petter Website jpetter_1 0
Petter family Stephen Petter 8
Looking for my grandfather Alvester Petter from Arkansas Brenda Petter 0
James Petter ablaine0577 0
PETTER Family Tree online kurtandjoandell 0
Jacob Petter of Paducah Kentucky kurtandjoandell 0
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