Peterson: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration

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Boy name origins & meanings

English, Scottish, and German : patronymic from Peter.
Americanized form of similar surnames of non-English origin (such as Petersen, or Swedish Pettersson).
In VT, there are Petersons who were originally called by the French name Beausoleil; in some documentation this was translated fairly literally as Prettysun, which was then assimilated to Peterson.