Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the

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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 sur ...

''. 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 translation ...

while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart

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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 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 The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to:

Notable people

Monarchs, mononymously

* Pedro I of Portugal *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, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

In sports, mononymously

*Pedro (footballer, born 1978), Pedro Hernández Martínez, Spanish football player, right-back *Pedro (footballer, born 1984), Pedro Santa Cecilia García, Spanish football player, midfielder *Pedro (footballer, born 1986), Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, Spanish footballer, forward *Pedro (footballer, born 1987), Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer, forward/winger *Pedro (footballer, born 1997), Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward *Pedro (footballer, born 1999), Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho, Brazilian football player, forward *Pedro (footballer, born 2006), Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward

In sports

*Pedró, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player *Pedro Acosta (footballer), Pedro Acosta, 2021 Moto3 World Champion *Pedro Acosta (footballer), Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player *Pedro Aroche, Mexican race walker *Pedro Casado (1937–2021), Spanish footballer *Pedro Chirivella, Spanish football player *Pedro Collins, West Indian cricketer *Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver *Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver *Pedro Gil, Spanish Roller hockey player *Pedro Gusmão, Brazilian football player *Pedro Iznaga, Cuban volleyball player *Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer *Pedro Lamy, Portuguese Grand Prix driver *Pedro Lima (swimmer) (born 1971), former Olympic swimmer from Angola *Pedro Lima (boxer) (born 1983), Brazilian boxer *Pedro Martínez, American baseball player *Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Portuguese football player *Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler *Pedro Pérez, Cuban triple jumper *Pedro Pineda, Mexican football player *Pedro Rodríguez (disambiguation), multiple people *Pedro Senatore Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee *Pedro da Silva (decathlete), Brazilian decathlete *Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian footballer *Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer

Politicians and leaders

*Pedro, Marshal of Navarre, 15th- and 16th-century nobleman *Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure *Pedro Atacho, Curaçaoan politician *Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958 *Pedro Lascuráin, President of Mexico *Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Colombian general and political figure *Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944 *Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001 *Pete Saenz, Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz, American politician *José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish politician *Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 *Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Peru from 2016 to 2018

Explorers

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

Other

*Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker *Pedro de Ayala, Spanish diplomat *Pedro Calungsod, Filipino saint *Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Pedro de San José de Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary in Guatemala. *Pedro Alcantara de Souza (died 2010), Brazilian land reform activist *Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician *Pedro Duro, Spanish businessman *Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), Cuban Salsa dance instructor *Pedro Gomez (journalist), American television reporter *Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Peruvian serial killer *Pedro X. Molina (born 1976), Nicaraguan caricaturist *Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician *Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia *Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor *Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet *Pedro Reyes (comedian), Spanish comedian *Pedro Rosa da Conceição (died 1919), Brazilian mass murderer *Pedro Rodriguez (scientist), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor *Pedro Sousa, Portuguese comedian *Pedro López (serial killer), Colombian serial killer *Pedro Rodríguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero *Pedro Trebbau, German-born, Venezuelan zoologist *Pedro Yap, former Philippine Chief Justice *Pedro Zamora, cast member on The Real World: San Francisco, ''The Real World'' *Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese knight *Sylvestro "Pedro" Morales (), Mexican bandit

Fictional characters

* Pedro, from ''The Power of Five'' 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'', 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'' * Pedro Sanchez, character from the film ''Napoleon Dynamite'' * Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, a character from Montezuma's Revenge (video game), ''Montezuma's Revenge'' (video game) * Pedro, in the ''Sam & Max Season Two'' video game series * Pedro, a mascot of ''South of the Border (attraction), South of the Border roadside attraction'' * Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from ''Rio (2011 film), Rio'' * Pedro Penduko, a Filipino comic book character * Pedro Plane, protagonist in the ''Saludos Amigos'' segment ''Pedro'' * Pedro Pony, a character from the animated TV series Peppa Pig * Both the name of the gardener and the Pedro (video game), game itself released in 1984 by Imagine Software

References

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