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Worldwide, پدر (Peder , Otac , Pidar ) is quite a rare masculine first name. The given name پدر is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, where it is quite a common boy's name, Denmark, and Norway, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Very seldom, پدر is the last name as well as the forename.
پدر is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg , the Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg as depicted in television series Atlantic Crossing; Peder Mortensgaard , the character in the play "Rosmersholm" and Peder Ås , the fictional character.