Pelle is a Swedish diminutive of the name Per, a variation of the name Peter.
[1] 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'.