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 countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

, Portuguese, 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 su ...

''. 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 A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

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

Pérez Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin. Origins The surname, written in Spanish orthography as , is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pedro" ("Pero" in archaic Spanish), the Spanish equivalent of Peter (given n ...

in Spanish,

Peres Peres is a patronymic Portuguese and Galician surname. Its modern variant is Pires. There exists also a branch among jewish people, not related with the first ones. In this case is the name of the Bearded vulture or ''Gypaetus barbatus'', comm ...

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'' (). Its Spanish equivalent is ''Pérez''. It is a variant form of ''Peres''. It may me ...

also in Portuguese, and

Peiris Peiris, Peries or Pieris ( Sinhalese: පීරිස්) is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation. The name originated from the Portuguese surname Peres, ...

in coastal area of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

(where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". 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 Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include:

Monarchs, mononymously

Pedro I of Portugal Peter I (; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), known as Peter the Just () or Peter the Cruel (), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death in 1367. Early life Born on 8 April 1320 in Coimbra, Peter was the fifth child of Afonso of Portug ...

Pedro II of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed the Pacific (''Português:'' O Pacífico) was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI of Portugal, ...

Pedro III of Portugal '' Dom'' Peter III (, ; 5 July 1717 – 25 May 1786), nicknamed the Builder, was King of Portugal from 24 February 1777 to his death in 1786, by marriage to his niece Queen Dona Maria I. Early life Peter was born at 12:00 noon on 5 July 17 ...

Pedro IV of Portugal ''Don (honorific), Dom'' Pedro I (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), known in Brazil and in Portugal as "the Liberator" () or "the Soldier King" () in Portugal, was the founder and List of monarchs of Brazil, first ruler of the Empire of ...

, also Pedro I of Brazil *

Pedro V of Portugal Dom (honorific), Dom Pedro V (; 16 September 1837 – 11 November 1861), nicknamed "the Hopeful" (), was King of Portugal from 1853 until his death in 1861. Early life and reign As the eldest son of Maria II of Portugal, Queen Maria II and ...

Pedro II of Brazil ''Don (honorific), Dom'' PedroII (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (), was the List o ...

Pedro of Castile Peter (; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called Peter the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated ...

Peter I of Aragon and Navarre Peter I (, , ; 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 of Urgell. He was named i ...

, 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, Queen of Aragon, Sancha ...

Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon (In Aragonese, ''Pero''; in Catalan, ''Pere''; in Italian, ''Pietro''; 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 con ...

Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV (Catalan: ''Pere IV d'Aragó;'' Aragonese; ''Pero IV d'Aragón;'' 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''El Cerimoniós''; Aragonese: ''el Ceremonioso''), was from 1336 until his death the king of ...

Peter V of Aragon Peter of Coimbra (also known as Peter the Constable) (, pronounced ; c. 1429 – Granollers, 30 June 1466), sometimes known as Peter V of Aragon or the Intruder King (el Rey Intruso), was the son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, who became ...

, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

Sport

Mononymously

Pedri Pedro González López (born 25 November 2002), more commonly known as Pedri, is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona and the Spain national football team, Spa ...

, Pedro González López, Spanish footballer *

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 ...

, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player *

Pedro (footballer, born 1978) 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 ...

, 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 former footballer who played as a right midfielder. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, Pedro made his professional debut with hometown's Sporting de ...

, Pedro Santa Cecilia García, Spanish football player, midfielder * Pedro (footballer, born 1986), 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 winger for Serie A club Lazio. Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 200 ...

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

Pedro (footballer, born 1997) 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, meani ...

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

Pedro (footballer, born 1999) Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho (born 26 March 1999), simply known as Pedro, is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Uzbekistan Super League club FC Navbahor, Navbahor. Career Ped ...

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

Pedro (footballer, born 2006) Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos (born 5 February 2006), known as Pedro or Pedrinho, is a Brazilian association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Russian Premier League club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg ...

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

Others in sport

* Pedro Acosta, 2021 Moto3 World Champion * Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player * Pedro Aroche, Mexican race walker *

Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989) Pedro Roberto da Silva Botelho (born 14 December 1989) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Rio Branco Sport Club, Rio Branco. Mainly a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back, he can also play ...

, Brazilian footballer *

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 defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nantes, whom he also captains. He began his professional career at Liverpool, playing 11 games, of which one ...

, Spanish football player *

Pedro Collins Pedro Tyrone Collins (born 12 August 1976) is a Barbadoan cricketer and coach, 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 left-h ...

, West Indian cricketer *

Pedro de la Rosa Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish former racing driver, motorsport executive and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One between and . In Japanese motorsport, de la Rosa won the Formula Nippon Championship a ...

, Spanish racing driver *

Pedro Diniz Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz (; born 22 May 1970) is a Brazilian former racing driver, businessman and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in São Paulo, Diniz began karting aged 18 and achi ...

, Brazilian racing driver * Pedro Feliciano (1976–2021), Puerto Rican baseball player *

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

, 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, Dominican 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 Porro (born 1999), Spanish footballer *Pedro Rivas (1945–2007), Panamanian basketball player *Pedro Rodríguez (disambiguation), multiple people *Pedro Senatore Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee *Pedro da Silva (decathlete), Brazilian decathlete *Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer

Politicians and leaders

*Pedro, Marshal of Navarre (-1522), 15th- and 16th-century nobleman *Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941), Chilean political figure *Pedro Atacho (born 1960), Curaçaoan politician *Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903-1970), President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958 *Pedro Espada Jr. (born 1953), American politician *Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (born 1938), President of Peru from 2016 to 2018 *José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (1940–2019), Spanish politician *Pedro Lascuráin (1856–1952), President of Mexico *Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884-1962), President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944 *Pedro Rosselló (born 1944), Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001 *Pete Saenz, Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz (born 1951), American politician *Pedro Sánchez (born 1972), Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 *Pedro Agulto Tenorio (born 1941), Northern Marianan politician *Pedro Pangelinan Tenorio (1934–2018), Northern Mariana Islander politician *Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez (1858–1927), Colombian general and political figure

Explorers

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

Criminals

*Pedro Castillo, one of two Roberto Girón and Pedro Castillo, murderers of a 4 year-old girl *Pedro Costa de Oliveira, Brazilian serial killer *Pedro Padilla Flores, Mexican serial killer *Pedro Hernandez, convicted in the Disappearance of Etan Patz *Pedro López (serial killer), Colombian serial killer *Pedro Medina (murderer), Pedro Medina, Cuban murderer *Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Peruvian serial killer *Pedro Rodrigues Filho, Brazilian serial killer *Pedro Rosa da Conceição, Brazilian mass murderer

Other people

*Pedro Acerden, Filipino playwright *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 *Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet *Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), Cuban Salsa dance instructor *Pedro Gomez (journalist), American television reporter *Pedro X. Molina (born 1976), Nicaraguan caricaturist *Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician *Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia *Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor *Pedro Reyes (comedian), Spanish comedian *Pedro Rodriguez (scientist), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor *Pedro Rodríguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero *Pedro Sousa, Portuguese comedian *Pedro Trebbau, German-born, Venezuelan zoologist * Pedro Vieira, portuguese scientist *Pedro Wonaeamirri (born 1974), Aboriginal Australian artist *Pedro Yap, former Philippine Chief Justice *Pedro Zamora, cast member on The Real World: San Francisco, ''The Real World'' *Pedro Zarraluki, Spanish writer *Pero Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese knight

Fictional characters

* 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, 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 * Pedro, the name of the gardener in the 1984 video game Pedro (video game), ''Pedro'' * 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 the Mail Burro, a mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine ''Boys' Life'' * Pedro Hernández, a serial killer/supervillain in the comic book series ''Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery'' * 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'' * Pedro Sanchez, character from the film ''Napoleon Dynamite'' * Pedro, the name of the talking banana in the game My Friend Pedro

References

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