Pedro

For other uses, see Pedro (disambiguation).

Pedro (alternate archaic spelling Pêro) is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for 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 Pêro".

The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πετρα" meaning "stone, rock".

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

Pedro may refer to:

Notable people named Pedro

Monarchs

• 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
• 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, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

Politicians and leaders

• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958
• Pedro Lascuráin, President of Mexico
• Pedro Nel Ospina, Colombian general and political figure
• Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944
• Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001
• Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz, American politician
• José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish politician

In sports

• Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player
• Pedro Aroche, Mexican race walker
• Pedro Collins, West Indian cricketer
• Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver
• Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver
• Pedro Gil, Spanish Roller hockey player
• Pedro Gusmão, Brazilian football player
• Pedro Hernández Martínez (born 1978), Spanish football player
• Pedro Iznaga, Cuban volleyball player
• Pedro Lima (swimmer) (born 1971), former Olympic swimmer from Angola
• Pedro Lima (boxer) (born 1983), Brazilian boxer
• Pedro Martínez, American 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 Rodríguez (disambiguation), Ecuadorian cyclist
• Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver), Mexican Grand Prix racer
• Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma (born 1987), Spanish football player
• Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino (born 1987), Spanish football player
• Pedro Santa Cecilia (born 1984), Spanish football player
• Pedro Senatore Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee
• Pedro da Silva (athlete), Brazilian decathlete
• Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer
• Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer

Explorers

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

Other

• Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
• Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician
• Pedro Duro, Spanish businessman
• Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), Cuban Salsa dance instructor
• Pedro Gomez (sports reporter), American television reporter
• Pedro López (disambiguation)
• Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician
• Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia
• Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor
• Pedro Reyes (comedian), Spanish comedian
• Pedro Rodriguez (NASA), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor
• Pedro Rodriguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero
• Pedro Yap, former Philippine Chief Justice
• Pedro Zamora, cast member on The Real World

Fictional characters

• Pedro, from The Power of Five novel series by Anthony Horowitz
• Pedro, a character from the Excel Saga manga series
• 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 the Mail Burro, mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life
• Pedro Sanchez, a main character from the film Napoleon Dynamite
• 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, mascot of South of the Border roadside attraction
• Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from Rio

See also

• Pérez