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Pedro

{{Short description|Spanish and Portuguese male given name}}

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| pronunciation = {{IPA|es|ˈpeðɾo|lang}}
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| gender = Male

| meaning = Rock

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| origin = Petra

| alternative spelling = Pero

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{{Wiktionary|Pedro}}

Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter.[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-pedro.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pedro] 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".

The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock".{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-peter.htm |title=MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter |access-date=2009-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030182157/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/p/origin-and-meaning-of-peter.htm |archive-date=2014-10-30 |url-status=dead }}

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

An alternative archaic variant is Pero.{{cite web|last=Rocha|first=Carlos|date=24 September 2013|title=O plural de pêro-botelho (e uma nota etimológica)|trans-title=The plural of pêro-botelho (and an etymological note)|url=https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/o-plural-de-pero-botelho-e-uma-nota-etimologica/32358|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510115700/https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/o-plural-de-pero-botelho-e-uma-nota-etimologica/32358|archive-date=10 May 2018|website={{interlanguage link|Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa|pt}}|language=Portuguese|quote=Pero (ou Pêro, antes da aplicação do Acordo Ortográfico de 1990) (...) Pero é variante arcaica de Pedro e ocorria sobretudo como forma proclítica, antes de um patronímico|trans-quote=Pero (or Pêro, 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}}

Notable people with the name Pedro include:

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{{given name|Pedro}}

Category:Spanish masculine given names

Category:Masculine given names

Category:Portuguese masculine given names

Category:Galician masculine given names