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 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

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, alt ...

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 , 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 = Necessidad ...

* 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 In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary ...

, 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 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 chan ...

, 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 game ...

, 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, featur ...

, 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, 2021 Moto3 World Champion * Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player * Pedro Aroche, 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 ...

, 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 Pedro Adriano Veloso Gusmão, also known as Pedro Gusmao is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Moto Clube. Teams Pedro saw many transfers in his career. Bacabal Pedro played on his hometown's team called Bacabal Esporte Clube ...

, 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, 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. ...

(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 o ...

, 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 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 Federatio ...

, 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 *

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) Pedro Rodriguez may refer to: Sports * Pedro Rodríguez (athlete), Cuban shot putter who won in the Athletics at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games * Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) (1940–1971), Mexican racing driver * Pedro Rodrígue ...

, 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), 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 app ...

, 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 Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. A member of the Radical Party since 1906, ...

, Chilean political figure * Pedro Atacho, Curaçaoan politician *

Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Silveti (May 21, 1903 – June 1, 1970) was an Argentine Army general. He was a major figure behind the ''Revolución Libertadora'', the military coup against Juan Perón in 1955. He became dictator of Argentina, serving ...

, 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 Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017, having pr ...

Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of Spain, Constitution of 1978 a ...

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, meaning " ...

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 in ...

, Portuguese navigator and explorer *

Pedro Escobar 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 ...

, 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 Portuguese explorer and military officer, who became, in 1637, the first European to travel up and down the entire length of the Amazon ...

, Portuguese explorer

Other

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...

, 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 t ...

, 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 hav ...

(died 2010), Brazilian land reform activist *

Pedro Dimas Don Pedro Dimas (born 1934) is a Mexican violinist, guitarist, composer, and preservationist of traditional music from the Purépecha, an indigenous culture in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Life and career Dimas was born in the village of ...

, Mexican musician * Pedro Duro, Spanish businessman *

Pedro Gomez (dance instructor) Pedro Gomez (born c. 1963) is a Salsa music, 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 P ...

, 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 lif ...

, Peruvian serial killer * Pedro X. Molina (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, Chilean-American actor * Perucho Figueredo, 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 Pedro Rosa da Conceição was a Brazilian mass murderer and suspected serial killer. He killed three people and wounded thirteen others in Rio das Pedras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 22, 1904, before his arrest.

(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 in 1988. He briefly served for two and a half months from April 19, 1988 to June 30, 1988, the shortest in history until that record w ...

, 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 r ...

, 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 ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual cha ...

'' manga series * Pedro, a character from the ''

Excel Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in '' Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series f ...

'' 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 Ibong Adarna is a 16th-century Filipino epic poem. It is about an eponymous magical bird. The longer form of the story's title during the Spanish era was "''Korido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan ng Tatlong Prinsipeng Magkakapatid na anak ni Haring F ...

'' * 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 pu ...

'' * Pedro Sanchez, character from the film ''

Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy ...

'' * 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 A roadside attraction is a feature along the side of a road meant to attract tourists. In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere, rather than actually being a destination. They are frequently advertised with billboards. ...

'' * 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, 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 ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 Ma ...

* Both the name of the gardener and the game itself released in 1984 by Imagine Software

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