Peterson

English, Scottish, and German surname, from Peter +‎ -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Pedersen, Pettersen, Polish Piotrowicz, Slovene Petrič, Petrovčič, Petrovič, Petric, Petrovic, etc. Also Americanized from Swedish Petersson, Pettersson.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpitɚsən/

Peterson (countable and uncountable, plural Petersons)

1. A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.
2. A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
   • 2018 May 18, Nellie Bowles, “Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 July 2020:

     Before he leads me to his office to sit in on one of these appointments, Mr. Peterson shows me around the third floor of his home, which is filled with carvings made by Charles Joseph, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist.

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Kirkland Township, Adams County, Indiana.
   2. A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
   3. A minor city in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Utah.

• Petrones, prenotes, preonset

Peterson (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a surname from English