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Pelle

“stone”

masculineLatin script

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Origin: Not established
6 language contexts: Dutch Swedish Danish +3 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Pelle

Pelle is a masculine given name documented in Dutch, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “stone”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “stone”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q10622390CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Pelle (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Pelle is used

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

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Pelle’s connections around the world.

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

Selected country

Germany

Published statistics

Berlin, 2022: 2 boys (rank 1024).

Explore Germany

4 of 9 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Pelle

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 18; births; Rank #232
Peak year: 2022; 19 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

Pelle in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
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	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	499	observed
1997	4	549	observed
1998	6	449	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	8	376	observed
2002	9	336	observed
2003	8	391	observed
2004	7	390	observed
2005	13	283	observed
2006	15	278	observed
2007	12	318	observed
2008	8	411	observed
2009	15	301	observed
2010	10	358	observed
2011	7	422	observed
2012	10	355	observed
2013	6	450	observed
2014	9	378	observed
2015	6	449	observed
2016	14	308	observed
2017	14	298	observed
2018	13	297	observed
2019	12	317	observed
2020	9	335	observed
2021	12	292	observed
2022	19	217	observed
2023	9	352	observed
2024	14	279	observed
2025	18	232	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Pelle” 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

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Pelle Svensson
1943–2020
Swedish wrestler and lawyer (1943–2020)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Pelle with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

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 forms7

Wikidata Q10622390CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Pelle (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Pelle.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Pelle.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · 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.

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About Pelle

Pelle is a masculine given name documented in Dutch, Swedish, Danish and 3 other languages. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “stone”.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “stone”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q10622390CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Pelle (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Pelle is used

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

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Pelle’s connections around the world.

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

Selected country

Germany

Published statistics

Berlin, 2022: 2 boys (rank 1024).

Explore Germany

4 of 9 countries

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Pelle

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 18; births; Rank #232
Peak year: 2022; 19 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

Pelle in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
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	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	499	observed
1997	4	549	observed
1998	6	449	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	8	376	observed
2002	9	336	observed
2003	8	391	observed
2004	7	390	observed
2005	13	283	observed
2006	15	278	observed
2007	12	318	observed
2008	8	411	observed
2009	15	301	observed
2010	10	358	observed
2011	7	422	observed
2012	10	355	observed
2013	6	450	observed
2014	9	378	observed
2015	6	449	observed
2016	14	308	observed
2017	14	298	observed
2018	13	297	observed
2019	12	317	observed
2020	9	335	observed
2021	12	292	observed
2022	19	217	observed
2023	9	352	observed
2024	14	279	observed
2025	18	232	observed

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 forms7

Wikidata Q10622390CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: PelleCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Pelle (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Pelle.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Pelle.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · 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.

Pelle

About Pelle

Meaning in the sources

Where Pelle is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Pelle Svensson

Pär

Pele

Pellegrin

Per

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Pelle

About Pelle

Meaning in the sources

Where Pelle is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Pelle Svensson

Pär

Pele

Pellegrin

Per

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Pelle

Meaning in the sources

Where Pelle is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Pelle Svensson

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Pelle

Meaning in the sources

Where Pelle is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Pelle Svensson

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page