Pedro
Spanish and Portuguese male given name
Pedro Pronunciation Spanish: [ˈpeðɾo] Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu] Gender Male Language(s) Word/name Petra Meaning Rock Region of origin Alternative spelling Pero[ 1] Related names
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Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish , Portuguese , and Galician name for Peter [ 2] Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson ) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (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".[ 3]
The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas
An alternative archaic variant is Pero.[ 1]
Notable people with the name Pedro include:
Sport
Mononymously
Pedri , Pedro González López, Spanish footballerPedró , José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football playerPedro (footballer, born 1978) , Pedro Hernández Martínez, Spanish football player, right-backPedro (footballer, born 1984) , Pedro Santa Cecilia García, Spanish football player, midfielderPedro (footballer, born 1986) , Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, Spanish footballer, forwardPedro (footballer, born 1987) , Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer, forward/wingerPedro (footballer, born 1997) , Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forwardPedro (footballer, born 1999) , Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho, Brazilian football player, forwardPedro (footballer, born 2006) , Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward
Others in sport
Pedro Acosta , 2021 Moto3 World ChampionPedro Acosta , Venezuelan football playerPedro Aroche , Mexican race walkerPedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989) , Brazilian footballerPedro Casado (1937–2021), Spanish footballerPedro Chirivella , Spanish football playerPedro Collins , West Indian cricketerPedro de la Rosa , Spanish racing driverPedro Diniz , Brazilian racing driverPedro Feliciano (1976–2021), Puerto Rican baseball playerPedro Gil , Spanish roller hockey playerPedro Gusmão , Brazilian football playerPedro Iznaga , Cuban volleyball playerPedro Jirón , Nicaraguan footballerPedro Lamy , Portuguese Grand Prix driverPedro Lima (swimmer) (born 1971), former Olympic swimmer from AngolaPedro Lima (boxer) (born 1983), Brazilian boxerPedro Martínez , Dominican baseball playerPedro Miguel Pauleta , Portuguese football playerPedro Morales , Puerto Rican professional wrestlerPedro Pérez , Cuban triple jumperPedro Pineda , Mexican football playerPedro Rivas (1945–2007), Panamanian basketball playerPedro Rodríguez (disambiguation) , multiple peoplePedro Senatore Ramos , Ecuadorian football refereePedro da Silva (decathlete) , Brazilian decathletePedro Zabála , Bolivian footballer
Politicians and leaders
Pedro, Marshal of Navarre (c. 1471 -1522), 15th- and 16th-century noblemanPedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941), Chilean political figurePedro Atacho (born 1960), Curaçaoan politicianPedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903-1970), President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958Pedro Espada Jr. (born 1953), American politicianPedro Pablo Kuczynski (born 1938), President of Peru from 2016 to 2018José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (1940–2019), Spanish politicianPedro Lascuráin (1856–1952), President of MexicoPedro Pablo Ramírez (1884-1962), President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944Pedro Rosselló (born 1944), Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz (born 1951), American politicianPedro Sánchez (born 1972), Prime Minister of Spain since 2018Pedro Agulto Tenorio (born 1941), Northern Marianan politicianPedro Pangelinan Tenorio (1934–2018), Northern Mariana Islander politicianPedro Nel Ospina Vázquez (1858–1927), Colombian general and political figure
Explorers
Criminals
Other people
Pedro Almodóvar , Spanish filmmakerPedro de Ayala , Spanish diplomatPedro Calungsod , Filipino saintPedro de San José de Betancur , Spanish saint and missionary in GuatemalaPedro Alcantara de Souza (died 2010), Brazilian land reform activistPedro Dimas , Mexican musicianPedro Duro , Spanish businessmanPedro Gomez (dance instructor) , Cuban Salsa dance instructorPedro Gomez (journalist) , American television reporterPedro X. Molina (born 1976), Nicaraguan caricaturistPedro Nunes , Portuguese mathematicianPedro Páez , Spanish Jesuit missionary in EthiopiaPedro Pascal , Chilean-American actorPerucho Figueredo , Cuban poetPedro Reyes (comedian) , Spanish comedianPedro Rodriguez (scientist) , Puerto Rican scientist and inventorPedro Sousa , Portuguese comedianPedro Rodríguez (soldier) , Puerto Rican Korean War heroPedro Trebbau , German-born, Venezuelan zoologistPedro Vieira , portuguese scientistPedro Wonaeamirri (born 1974), Aboriginal Australian artistPedro Yap , former Philippine Chief JusticePedro Zamora , cast member on The Real World Pero Vaz de Caminha , Portuguese knight
Fictional characters
Don Pedro, a character from Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro, a character from the Philippine story Ibong Adarna
Pedro, from The Power of Five
Pedro, a character from the One Piece
Pedro, a character from the Excel Saga
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
Pedro, a mascot of South of the Border roadside attraction
Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from Rio
Pedro the Mail Burro, a mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life
Pedro Penduko , a Filipino comic book characterPedro Plane, protagonist in the Saludos Amigos Pedro
Pedro Pony, a character from the animated TV series Peppa Pig
Pedro Sanchez, character from the film Napoleon Dynamite
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