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.^[1]

• Italian: pelle – skin
• French: Pellé – nickname for a bald old man
• Middle Low German: Pelle – precious purple silk cloth
• Finnish: pelle – clown^[2]

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'.

• 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

• Pele (name), given name and surname

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