| Pronunciation | Spanish: [ˈpeðɾo] Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Petra |
| Meaning | Rock |
| Region of origin | |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Pero[1] |
| Related names | |
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter.[2] 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 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 meaning "stone".
An alternative archaic variant is Pero.[1]
Notable people with the name Pedro include:
- ^ a b Rocha, Carlos (24 September 2013). "O plural de pêro-botelho (e uma nota etimológica)" [The plural of pêro-botelho (and an etymological note)]. Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 May 2018.
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
[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] - ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pedro
- ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2009-01-13.