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Hans-Petter

Component meanings: “Yahweh is gracious” + “rock, stone”

Language context for this entry: Norwegian

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No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
1 language context: Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hans-Petter

Hans-Petter is a masculine given name. It combines Hans (“Yahweh is gracious”) and Petter (“rock, stone”), as cited on those names' pages.

Component meanings in the sources

Reported meaning

Component meanings: “Yahweh is gracious” + “rock, stone”

These meanings are reported for the names joined in this compound. Their individual pages provide the source accounts.

Sources for this account (4)

Wikidata Q28842949CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Hans-PetterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Hans (cited meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Petter (cited meaning “rock, stone”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Hans-Petter is used

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1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1998: 4 boys (rank 539). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Hans-Petter

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1998: 4; births; Rank #539
Peak year: 1967; 14 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Hans-Petter in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	6	312	observed
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	9	278	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	9	268	observed
1950	5	342	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	6	338	observed
1953	8	292	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	6	351	observed
1956	5	386	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	6	372	observed
1959	8	324	observed
1960	4	468	observed
1961	11	286	observed
1962	11	296	observed
1963	9	335	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	4	510	observed
1966	9	373	observed
1967	14	272	observed
1968	10	350	observed
1969	8	398	observed
1970	11	341	observed
1971	6	496	observed
1972	11	360	observed
1973	6	484	observed
1974	10	394	observed
1975	14	298	observed
1976	12	351	observed
1977	10	387	observed
1978	7	468	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	7	487	observed
1981	6	526	observed
1982	10	410	observed
1983	6	517	observed
1984	7	481	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	5	553	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	4	553	observed
1995	5	518	observed
1996	5	499	observed
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	4	539	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hans-Petter” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q28842949CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Hans-PetterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Hans (cited meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Petter (cited meaning “rock, stone”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Hans-Petter

Hans-Petter is a masculine given name. It combines Hans (“Yahweh is gracious”) and Petter (“rock, stone”), as cited on those names' pages.

Component meanings in the sources

Reported meaning

Component meanings: “Yahweh is gracious” + “rock, stone”

These meanings are reported for the names joined in this compound. Their individual pages provide the source accounts.

Sources for this account (4)

Wikidata Q28842949CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Hans-PetterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Hans (cited meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Petter (cited meaning “rock, stone”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Hans-Petter is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

country in our sources

Select a country to follow Hans-Petter’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1998: 4 boys (rank 539). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.

Explore Norway

1 of 1 country

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Hans-Petter

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1998: 4; births; Rank #539
Peak year: 1967; 14 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hans-Petter in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	6	312	observed
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	9	278	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	9	268	observed
1950	5	342	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	6	338	observed
1953	8	292	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	6	351	observed
1956	5	386	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	6	372	observed
1959	8	324	observed
1960	4	468	observed
1961	11	286	observed
1962	11	296	observed
1963	9	335	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	4	510	observed
1966	9	373	observed
1967	14	272	observed
1968	10	350	observed
1969	8	398	observed
1970	11	341	observed
1971	6	496	observed
1972	11	360	observed
1973	6	484	observed
1974	10	394	observed
1975	14	298	observed
1976	12	351	observed
1977	10	387	observed
1978	7	468	observed
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	7	487	observed
1981	6	526	observed
1982	10	410	observed
1983	6	517	observed
1984	7	481	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	5	553	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	4	553	observed
1995	5	518	observed
1996	5	499	observed
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	4	539	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms4

Wikidata Q28842949CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: Hans-PetterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Hans (cited meaning “Yahweh is gracious”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15
NameStoria: Petter (cited meaning “rock, stone”)see the cited name page · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Hans-Petter

About Hans-Petter

Component meanings in the sources

Where Hans-Petter is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Hans-Peter

Hanspeter

Joan Pere

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Hans-Petter

About Hans-Petter

Component meanings in the sources

Where Hans-Petter is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Hans-Peter

Hanspeter

Joan Pere

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hans-Petter

Component meanings in the sources

Where Hans-Petter is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Hans-Peter

Hanspeter

Joan Pere

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hans-Petter

Component meanings in the sources

Where Hans-Petter is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Hans-Peter

Hanspeter

Joan Pere

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page