# Petteri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/petteri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Petteri

- Petteri Orpo, Finnish politician and the 47th Prime Minister of Finland
- Petteri Koponen, Finnish basketball guard
- Petteri Forsell, Finnish footballer
- Petteri Nummelin, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player
- Petteri Pennanen, Finnish footballer
- Petteri Nokelainen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
- Juha Lind, Finnish ice hockey player
- Robin Packalen, Finnish pop singer
- Hannu Lintu, Finnish conductor
- Mika Aaltola, Finnish political scientist (born 1969)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.