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Spanish and Portuguese male given name
This article is: about the: given name. For other uses, see Pedro (disambiguation).
Pedro
PronunciationSpanish: [ˈpeĂ°ÉŸo]
Portuguese: [ˈpeĂ°ÉŸu]
GenderMale
Language(s)
Origin
Word/namePetra
MeaningRock
Region of origin
Other names
Alternative spellingPero
Related names

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 "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is PĂ©rez 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".

The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas/Cephas meaning "stone".

An alternative archaic variant is Pero.

Notable people with the name Pedro include:

Monarchs, mononymously※

Sport※

Mononymously※

Others in sport※

Politicians and leaders※

Explorers※

Criminals※

Other people※

Fictional characters※

See also※

References※

  1. ^ Rocha, Carlos (24 September 2013). "O plural de pĂȘro-botelho (e uma nota etimolĂłgica)" [The plural of pĂȘro-botelho (and an etymological note)]. CiberdĂșvidas da LĂ­ngua Portuguesa [pt] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Pero (ou PĂȘro, antes da aplicação do Acordo OrtogrĂĄfico de 1990) (...) Pero Ă© variante arcaica de Pedro e ocorria sobretudo como forma proclĂ­tica, antes de um patronĂ­mico [Pero (or PĂȘro, before the application of the Orthographic Agreement of 1990) (...) Pero is an archaic variant of Pedro and mainly occurred as a proclitic form, before a patronymic]
  2. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pedro
  3. ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
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