Pelle (given name)

Pelle is a Swedish diminutive of the name Per, a variation of the name Peter. It was the No. 351-ranked name in popularity in the Netherlands in 2015.

Direct translations

 * Italian: pelle – skin
 * French: Pellé – nickname for a bald old man
 * Middle Low German: Pelle – precious purple silk cloth
 * Finnish: pelle – clown

Meaning of the name
Pelle is a Scandinavian pet form of the name 'Per'. Forms of this name deriving from other languages include 'Petter' and 'Peter'.

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin petra, from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning 'stone' or 'rock'.

People

 * Pelle Larsson (born 2001), Swedish basketball player
 * Pelle Strindlund (born 1971), Swedish writer and animal rights advocate
 * Howlin Pelle Almqvist (born 1978), Swedish singer, frontman of The Hives