Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. 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 patronymic

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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 Peres is a Portuguese, Galician, and Sephardic-Jewish surname. Its Spanish variant is Pérez. In the Hungarian language, it means litigant ("peres fél"). It is common in both forms Peres and Perez as well as Peretz among descendants of Sephar ...

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 equivalent is ''Pérez''. It is a variant form of '' Peres'' ...

also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of

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(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 Peter 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 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 ''Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth a ...

Pedro III of Portugal Dom Peter III ( pt, Pedro III, ; 5 July 1717 – 25 May 1786), nicknamed the Builder, was King of Portugal from 24 February 1777 to his death in 1786 as the co-ruler of his wife and niece, Queen Dona Maria I.David Birmingham ''A Concise History ...

Pedro IV of Portugal Dom Pedro I (English: Peter I; 12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), nicknamed "the Liberator", was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. As King Dom Pedro IV, he reigned briefly over Portugal, where he also became ...

, also Pedro I of Brazil *

Pedro V of Portugal , house = Braganza , house-type = House , father = Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry , mother = Queen Maria II of Portugal , birth_date = , birth_place = , death_date = , death_place = Necessida ...

Pedro II of Brazil Don (honorific), Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed "the Magnanimity, Magnanimous" ( pt, O Magnânimo), was the List of monarchs of Brazil, second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. ...

Pedro of Castile Peter ( es, Pedro; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for ...

Peter I of Aragon and Navarre Peter I ( es, Pedro, an, Pero, eu, Petri; 1068 - 1104) was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabella o ...

, also known as Pedro I *

Peter II of Aragon Peter II the Catholic (; ) (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213. Background Peter was born in Huesca, the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. In 1205 he acknowled ...

Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon ( November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pres ...

Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV, ; an, Pero, ; es, Pedro, . In Catalan, he may also be nicknamed ''el del punyalet'': "he of the little dagger". (Catalan: ''Pere IV''; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''el Cerimoniós''), w ...

* Peter V of Aragon, 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 footbal ...

, 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 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 (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, featuri ...

, 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 first ...

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

In sports

Pedró José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira (born 1 September 1987), known as Pedró, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Amares as a midfielder. Club career Born in Braga, Pedró played lower league and amateur football until the age o ...

, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player *

Pedro Acosta Pedro Acosta may refer to: * Pedro Acosta (footballer) (born 1959), Venezuelan football manager and former player * Pedro Acosta (motorcyclist) Pedro Acosta Sánchez (born 25 May 2004) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing in M ...

, 2021 Moto3 World Champion *

, 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 no ...

, Mexican race walker * Pedro Casado (1937–2021), Spanish footballer * Pedro Chirivella, 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 le ...

, West Indian cricketer * Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver * Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver *

Pedro Gil Pedro Gil (November 13, 1889 – January 5, 1965) was a Filipino physician, journalist, and legislator. Gil served in different distinguished roles - as a labor leader, as a doctor of medicine, as a crusading newspaperman, as a social worker, and ...

, 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 The 2007 ...

, Cuban volleyball player *

Pedro Jirón Pedro Jose Jirón Rugama "Peche Jirón" (18 December 1939 – 7 September 2018) was a Nicaraguan professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Pedro played in the First Division only with Diriangén for 15 years and was thei ...

, Nicaraguan footballer *

Pedro Lamy José Pedro Mourão Lamy Viçoso, OIH, known as Pedro Lamy (; born 20 March 1972) is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently racing in endurance races teaming up with Mathias Lauda and gentleman driver Paul Dalla Lana. He was the fir ...

, 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 1988 and 1992 at the Summer Olympics. L ...

(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, 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 ca ...

, Portuguese football player * Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler *

Pedro Pérez Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas (; February 23, 1952 – July 18, 2018) was a Cuban triple jumper, who set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres, while still a 19-year-old Junior athlete, in the fin ...

, Cuban triple jumper *