Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

, and Galician name for ''

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a s ...

''. Its French equivalent is

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translatio ...

while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...

surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is

Pérez Pérez, or Perez as most commonly written in English, is a Castilian Spanish surname. Perez (pronounced Peretz, see below) is also common in people of Sephardic Jewish descent and is the 4th most common surname in Israel, most common surname not o ...

in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese,

Pires Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning ''Son of Pedro'' or ''Son of Pero'' ( en, Peter). Its Spanish language, Spanish equivalent is ''Pérez''. It is a variant ...

also in Portuguese, and

Peiris Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a Sinhalese surname. It is a common surname in coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is originated from Portuguese surname Peres and was spread across Sri Lanka during Portuguese rule of the island. The name has been adapted ...

in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name

itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to:

Notable people

Monarchs, mononymously

Pedro I of Portugal Peter I (Portuguese: ''Pedro I'', ; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), called the Just (''o Justiceiro'') or the Cruel (''o Cruel''), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portuga ...

* Pedro II of Portugal * Pedro III of Portugal * Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil * Pedro V of Portugal * Pedro II of Brazil * Pedro of Castile * Peter I of Aragon and Navarre, also known as Pedro I * Peter II of Aragon * Peter III of Aragon * Peter IV of Aragon *

Peter V of Aragon Peter of Coimbra (also known as Peter the Constable) ( pt, Pedro, pronounced ; c. 1429 – Granollers, 30 June 1466), sometimes known as Peter V of Aragon, was the son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, who became the fifth Constable of Portu ...

, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

In sports, mononymously

Pedro (footballer, born 1978) Pedro Hernández Martínez (born 2 October 1978 in Madrid), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right back, currently assistant manager of CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a footba ...

, Pedro Hernández Martínez, Spanish football player, right-back *

Pedro (footballer, born 1984) Pedro Santa Cecilia García (born 10 March 1984), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, Pedro made his professional debut with hometown's Sporting de Gij ...

, Pedro Santa Cecilia García, Spanish football player, midfielder *

Pedro (footballer, born 1986) Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

, Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, Spanish footballer, forward *

Pedro (footballer, born 1987) Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (born 28 July 1987), known as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Serie A club Lazio. He is known for his pace, dribbling and ability to convert from counter chance ...

, Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer, forward/winger *

Pedro (footballer, born 1997) Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos (born 20 June 1997), better known as Pedro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Flamengo and the Brazil national team. He began his career with Fluminense, playing 93 total ga ...

, Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward *

Pedro (footballer, born 1999) Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho (born 26 March 1999), commonly known as Pedro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Egnatia Rrogozhinë in Kategoria Superiore. Career Pedro came through the youth system at América Mineiro, featu ...

, Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho, Brazilian football player, forward *

Pedro (footballer, born 2006) Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos (born 5 February 2006) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Corinthians. Club career Pedro joined Corinthians at the age of nine, initially playing for the club's futsal team. He signed his firs ...

, Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward

In sports

* Pedró, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player * Pedro Acosta, 2021 Moto3 World Champion * Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player *

Pedro Aroche Pedro Aroche de los Monteros (born March 14, 1946) is a retired male race walker from Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the ...

, Mexican race walker *

Pedro Casado Pedro Casado Bucho (20 November 1937 – 10 January 2021) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. Club career Casado spent one full decade under contract to Real Madrid, but only played seven La Liga seasons effectively with the tea ...

(1937–2021), Spanish footballer *

Pedro Chirivella Pedro Chirivella Burgos (; born 23 May 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club FC Nantes. He began his professional career at Liverpool, playing 11 games, of which one in the Premier League. He was ...

, Spanish football player *

Pedro Collins Pedro Tyrone Collins (born 12 August 1976) is a cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a fast bowler for the West Indies. Collins also featured for Barbados, Surrey and Middlesex in his cricketing career. International career As a l ...

, West Indian cricketer *

Pedro de la Rosa Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming ...

, Spanish racing driver *

Pedro Diniz Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz (born 22 May 1970) is a Brazilian businessman and former racing driver. Diniz began karting at the age of eighteen and achieved minor success, before progressing to car racing in the Brazilian Formula Ford ...

, Brazilian racing driver * Pedro Gil, Spanish Roller hockey player * Pedro Gusmão, Brazilian football player *

Pedro Iznaga Pedro Iznaga Ortíz (born August 11, 1986) is a male indoor volleyball player from Cuba, who played for the Men's National Team. He was a member of the national squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janei ...

, Cuban volleyball player * Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer * Pedro Lamy, Portuguese Grand Prix driver *

Pedro Lima (swimmer) Pedro Manuel Barata de Macedo Lima (20 April 1971 – 20 June 2020) was a Portuguese-Angolan actor, appearing in telenovelas in Portugal. He was also an Olympic swimmer. Swimming He represented Angola in Angola at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 ...

(born 1971), former Olympic swimmer from Angola *

Pedro Lima (boxer) Pedro Álvaro Santos de Lima (born 29 June 1983 in Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia) is a Brazilian amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAm welterweight (152 lbs) title in 2007. Career Lima fought in his home country and beat Jaim ...

(born 1983), Brazilian boxer *

Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . At the time ...

, American baseball player *

Pedro Miguel Pauleta Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes (born 28 April 1973), known as Pauleta (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker. During 18 years as a senior he never played in the Primeira Liga, having spent 12 of those cam ...

, Portuguese football player *

Pedro Morales Pedro Antonio Morales (October 22, 1942 – February 12, 2019) was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation ...

, Puerto Rican professional wrestler * Pedro Pérez, Cuban triple jumper *

Pedro Pineda Pedro Pineda (born 30 November 1971) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Pineda was one of the fir ...

, Mexican football player * Pedro Rodríguez (disambiguation), multiple people *

Pedro Senatore Ramos Pedro Senatore Ramos (born 2 May 1968 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian association football referee, best known for having supervised one match during the 2004 Copa América in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat ...

, Ecuadorian football referee *

Pedro da Silva (decathlete) Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Oly ...

, Brazilian decathlete *

Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989) Pedro Roberto da Silva Botelho (born 14 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Rio Branco. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a left midfielder. He was bought by Arsenal before his 18th birthday but never a ...

, Brazilian footballer * Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer

Politicians and leaders

Pedro, Marshal of Navarre Pedro de Navarra ( eu, Petri Nafarroakoa; before 1471 - 24 November 1522) was a nobleman in Navarre and its highest military authority as Marshal of Navarre during the kingdom's last years of independence, as well as the following tumultuous period ...

, 15th- and 16th-century nobleman * Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure *

Pedro Atacho Pedro José Atacho (born 20 September 1960) is a Curaçaoan politician. He was a member of the Party for the Restructured Antilles. During his political career he was Minister of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles from 1994 to 1998. He served i ...

, Curaçaoan politician * Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958 *

Pedro Lascuráin Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 – 21 July 1952) (in Spanish) was a Mexican politician who served as the 38th President of Mexico for less than one hour (45 minutes) on February 19, 1913, the short ...

, President of Mexico *

Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez Pedro Nel Ignacio Tomás de Villanueva Ospina Vásquez (18 September 1858 – 1 July 1927) was a Colombian general and political figure. He served as president of Colombia between 1922 and 1926. Biography Ospina was born in Bogotá, on ...

, Colombian general and political figure *

Pedro Pablo Ramírez Pedro Pablo Ramirez Menchaca (30 January 1884 – 12 May 1962) was the fascist-leaning President of Argentina from 7 June 1943, to 24 February 1944. He was the founder and leader of ''Guardia Nacional'', Argentina's fascist militia. Life an ...

, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944 *

Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...

, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001 * Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz, American politician * José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish politician * Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 *

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meanin ...

President of Peru The president of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Perú), officially called the president of the Republic of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is th ...

from 2016 to 2018

Explorers

Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Álvares Cabral ( or ; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human i ...

, Portuguese navigator and explorer * Pedro Escobar, Portuguese explorer who discovered São Tomé and Príncipe *

Pedro Teixeira Pedro Teixeira (b.1570-1585 - d.4 July 1641), occasionally referred to as the Conqueror of the Amazon, was a Portugal, Portuguese Exploration, explorer and military officer, who became, in 1637, the first European to travel up and down the entire ...

, Portuguese explorer

Other

* Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker *

Pedro de Ayala Don Pedro de Ayala also Pedro López Ayala (died 31 January 1513) was a 16th-century Spanish diplomat employed by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile at the courts of James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England. His mission to S ...

, Spanish diplomat *

Pedro Calungsod Pedro Calungsod ( es, Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically ; mid-1650s – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish ...

, Filipino saint * Pedro de San José de Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary in Guatemala. *

Pedro Alcantara de Souza Pedro Alcantara de Souza (died 1 April 2010) was a Brazilian land reform activist operating in the state of Pará. He was shot dead on April 1, 2010. Souza was a farmers' union president, and city councilor of Redenção. In 2008, 20 killings ha ...

(died 2010), Brazilian land reform activist *

Pedro Dimas Don (honorific), Don Pedro Dimas (born 1934) is a Mexican violinist, guitarist, composer, and preservationist of traditional music from the Purépecha people, Purépecha, an Indigenous peoples of Mexico, indigenous culture in the Mexican States of ...

, Mexican musician *

Pedro Duro Pedro Duro Benito (1810–1886) was an important Spanish businessman of the 19th century; founder of the industrial group Duro Felguera and a pioneer of ironworking in Spain. Biography Duro was born in Brieva de Cameros, La Rioja, and he ...

, Spanish businessman *

Pedro Gomez (dance instructor) Pedro Gomez (born c. 1963) is a Salsa dance instructor from Cuba. Biography After Gomez was born, his parents decided to abandon Cuba, perhaps to allow his son to live under better economic conditions. The Gomez family arrived in Puerto Rico. ...

, Cuban Salsa dance instructor *

Pedro Gomez (journalist) Pedro Gomez (August 20, 1962 – February 7, 2021) was an American sports journalist. He worked as a reporter for ESPN from 2003 to 2021, contributing to the network's ''SportsCenter'' show. He was primarily a baseball reporter and was also a me ...

, American television reporter *

Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña (born February 28, 1973) a.k.a. "El Apóstol de la Muerte" ("The Apostle of Death") is a Peruvian serial killer who claimed 25 victims and was convicted of 17 murders. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Early li ...

, Peruvian serial killer *

Pedro X. Molina Pedro Xavier Molina Blandón (born 1976) is a Nicaraguan political cartoonist who has worked for the news outlet '' Confidencial''. Molina was born in Estelí, Nicaragua, in 1976. He was forced to flee Nicaragua when he was ten years old, escap ...

(born 1976), Nicaraguan caricaturist * Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician *

Pedro Páez Pedro Páez Jaramillo, S.J. ( pt, Pêro Pais; 1564 – 20 May 1622) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many experts on Ethiopia to be the most effective Catholic missionary in Ethiopia. He is believed to be the ...

, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia *

Pedro Pascal José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (born 2 April 1975) is a Chilean and American actor. He began his career guest-starring on various television shows before rising to prominence for portraying Oberyn Martell on the fourth season of the HBO fantasy ...

, Chilean-American actor *

Perucho Figueredo Pedro Felipe Figueredo, (born 18 February 1818 – 17 August 1870), mostly known as Perucho, was a Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century. In the 1860s, he was active in the planning of the Cuban uprising against the Sp ...

, Cuban poet *

Pedro Reyes (comedian) Pedro Reyes (8 May 1961 – 25 March 2015) was a Spanish comedian, humorist, actor and television presenter. He was known for his surreal humour and collaboration with in the 1980s. Biography Reyes was born in Tangier, Morocco, in 1961 but ear ...

, Spanish comedian * Pedro Rosa da Conceição (died 1919), Brazilian mass murderer *

Pedro Rodriguez (scientist) Dr. Pedro Rodriguez, Ph.D., (born 1953), is the Director of a test laboratory at NASA and inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis. Early years Pedro Rodriguez was born in Brooklyn, New York to ...

, Puerto Rican scientist and inventor *

Pedro Sousa Pedro Barreiros Cardoso de Sousa (; born 27 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In February 2019, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner- ...

, Portuguese comedian *

Pedro López (serial killer) Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948) is a Colombian serial killer and child rapist who murdered a minimum of 110 young girls from 1969 to 1980 and claimed to have murdered over 300 victims across Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Released from ...

, Colombian serial killer *

Pedro Rodríguez (soldier) Master Sergeant Pedro Rodríguez (January 3, 1912 – October 19, 1999) was a U.S. Army soldier from Puerto Rico who earned two Silver Stars within a seven-day period during the Korean War. He is one of the few U.S. Army soldiers and perhaps the ...

, Puerto Rican Korean War hero *

Pedro Trebbau Pedro Trebbau (born Karl Peter Trebbau Millowitsch; 20 May 1929 – 16 January 2021) was a German-born Venezuelan zoologist. His career was characterized by the promotion and preservation of Venezuelan wildlife and nature. His research and colla ...

, German-born, Venezuelan zoologist *

Pedro Yap Pedro L. Yap (July 1, 1918 – November 20, 2003) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines The chief justice of the Philippines ( fil, Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines a ...

, former Philippine Chief Justice * Pedro Zamora, cast member on ''The Real World'' *

Pêro Vaz de Caminha Pêro Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450 – 15 December 1500; , ; also spelled Pedro Vaz de Caminha) was a Portuguese knight that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral to India in 1500 as a secretary to the royal factory. Caminha wrote the detailed official re ...

, Portuguese knight * Sylvestro "Pedro" Morales (), Mexican bandit

Fictional characters

* Pedro, from ''

The Power of Five ''The Power of Five'' (re-titled as ''The Gatekeepers'' in the US) is a series of five fantasy and suspense novels, written by English author Anthony Horowitz. Published between 2005 and 2012, it is an updated re-imagining of Horowitz's ''Pe ...

'' novel series by Anthony Horowitz * Pedro, a character from the '' One Piece'' manga series * Pedro, a character from the '' Excel Saga'' manga series * Don Pedro, a character from ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'', a comedy by William Shakespeare * Don Pedro, a character from the Philippine story '' Ibong Adarna'' * Pedro the Mail Burro, a mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine ''

Boys' Life ''Scout Life'' (formerly ''Boys' Life'') is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its target readers are boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18. The magazine‘s headquarters are in Irving, Texas. ''Scout Life'' is pub ...

'' * Pedro Sanchez, character from the film '' Napoleon Dynamite'' * Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, a character from ''Montezuma's Revenge'' (video game) * Pedro, in the '' Sam & Max Season Two'' video game series * Pedro, a mascot of '' South of the Border roadside attraction'' * Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from ''

Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

'' *

Pedro Penduko Pedro Penduko is a Filipino comic book character styled as a folk hero or superhero, created by National Artist for Literature Francisco V. Coching and debuted on the magazine '' Liwayway''. In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordi ...

, a Filipino comic book character * Pedro Plane, protagonist in the ''

Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' ( Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the sixth Disney animated feature film and the first of the six pack ...

'' segment ''Pedro'' * Pedro Pony, a character from the animated TV series Peppa Pig * Both the name of the gardener and the game itself released in 1984 by Imagine Software

References

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