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

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of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires 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

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(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 Peter 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, also known as Pedro I * Peter II of Aragon * Peter III of Aragon *

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, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

Sport

Mononymously

* Pedri, Pedro González López, Spanish footballer * Pedró, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player * 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 Eliezer 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 (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), Brazilian footballer * 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 Feliciano (1976–2021), Puerto Rican baseball player * 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, Dominican baseball player * Pedro Miguel Pauleta, 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 fi ...

, 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 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 in ...

(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 The president of Peru (), officially the constitutional president of the Republic of Peru (), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is the head of the executive branch and is the supreme head of the Peruvian Armed ...

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 * Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz (born 1951), American politician * Pedro Sánchez (born 1972),

Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the Spanish government departments, ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Mini ...

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 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, 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 Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by Melodrama (film genre), melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular c ...

, Spanish filmmaker * Pedro de Ayala, Spanish diplomat * Pedro Calungsod, Filipino saint * 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'' * Pedro Zarraluki, Spanish writer * Pero Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese knight

Fictional characters

* Don Pedro, a character from ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a Shakespearean comedy, 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. ...

'', a comedy by William Shakespeare * Don Pedro, a character from the Philippine story ''

Ibong Adarna ''Ibong Adarna'', also known as ''The Adarna Bird'', is an early 19th century Filipino Epic poetry, epic poem that centers around a magical bird of the same name. During the History of the Philippines (1565–1898), Spanish era, the longer form ...

'' * 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'' * 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 being a destination. They are frequently advertised with billboard (advertis ...

'' * Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from '' 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 ''

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'' * Pedro, the name of the talking banana in the game My Friend Pedro

References

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