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Petrine (F)>

Petrine (female)

Masculine form:Per (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Danish and Norwegian feminine form of Per/Peter [q.v.], from Greek "a rock" or "a stone".

The female names additional Pernilla and [Pernille:f] are Scandinavian forms of Petronel and Petronella which are linked indirectly with Peter.