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Also known as Pedro (given name), Pedro (first name)

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.

Key facts

Given name.name
Pedro
Given name.gender
Male
Given name.meaning
Rock
Given name.origin
Petra
Given name.alternative spelling
Pero

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
male given name
Said to be same as
Peeter
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IPA transcription
ˈpeðɾu
Soundex
P360
Cologne phonetics
127
Caverphone
PTR111
different from
Pedro
native label
Pedro
Commons category
Pedro (given name)
writing system
Latin script
language of work or name
Aragonese
given name version for other gender
Petra
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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" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, 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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pedro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.