Pedro

Pedro or the archaic Pêro is a masculine given name. It is a Portuguese and Spanish form of the name Peter^[1], which is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word "petros" meaning "stone, rock".^[2] The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone".

Pedro may refer to a number of different persons or things:

Monarchs

Kings of Portugal

• Pedro I of Portugal
• Pedro II of Portugal
• Pedro III of Portugal
• Pedro IV of Portugal (Pedro I of Brazil)
• Pedro V of Portugal

Emperors of Brazil

• Pedro I of Brazil (IV of Portugal)
• Pedro II of Brazil

Monarchs of Castile

• Pedro of Castile

Monarchs of Aragon

• Pedro I of Aragon and Navarre
• Pedro II of Aragon
• Pedro III of Aragon
• Pedro IV of Aragon
• Pedro V of Aragon (IV of Barcelona)
• Petronila of Aragon Queen of Aragon

Other People

Pedro

• Pedro Álvares Cabral, Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil
• Pedro of Portugal, Count of Urgell
• Pedro de Alvarado Spanish Conquistador
• Pedro, Duke of Cantabria, father of king Alfonso I of Asturias
• Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, son of king John I of Portugal and queen Philippa of Lancaster
• Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, Spanish footballer commonly known as just Pedro
• Pedro Martínez, Major League Baseball player
• Pedro Hernández Martínez, Spanish footballer commonly known as just Pedro
• Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer currently playing for Barcelona

Pêro

• Pêro da Covilhã, Portuguese diplomat and explorer
• Pêro de Alenquer, Portuguese explorer of the African coast
• Pêro de Barcelos, Portuguese explorer of North America
• Pêro de Sintra, Portuguese explorer of the African coast

People with the given name Pedro

• Pedro (given name)

Places

• Pedro, Ohio, in the United States
• San Pedro de Macoris, in the Dominican Republic
• San Pedro, Colombia, in Colombia
• San Pedro Town, in Belize
• San Pedro, Buenos Aires, in Argentina
• San Pedro Partido, an administrative subdivision in Argentina
• San Pedro Department, Jujuy in Argentina
• San Pedro Department, Misiones in Argentina
• San Pedro de Atacama in Chile
• San Pedro, Alajuela in Costa Rica
• San Pedro, Costa Rica, San Juan Province, in Costa Rica
• San Pédro in Côte d'Ivoire
• San Pedro Sula in Honduras
• San Pedro, Baja California Sur, in Mexico
• San Pedro, Coahuila in Mexico
• San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, in Mexico
• San Pedro de Lóvago in Nicaragua
• San Pedro Department, Paraguay
• San Pedro, Paraguay
• San Pedro de Lloc in Peru
• San Pedro, Laguna in the Philippines
• San Pedro, Bagabag in the Philippines
• Peñas de San Pedro in Spain
• San Pedro, Albacete in Spain
• San Pedro, Viveiro in Spain
• San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
• San Pedro Bay (California) in the United States
• San Pedro, Los Angeles, California in the United States
• San Pedro, New Mexico in the United States
• São Pedro, Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil
• São Pedro, São Paulo in Brazil
• São Pedro (Alandroa) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Angra do Heroísmo) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Celorico da Beira) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Covilhã) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Faro) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Figueira da Foz) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Funchal) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Gouveia) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Manteigas) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Óbidos) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Peniche) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Ponta Delgada) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Porto de Mós) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Torres Novas) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Trancoso) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Vila do Porto) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Vila Franca do Campo) in Portugal
• São Pedro (Vila Real) in Portugal
• São Pedro de Este in Portugal
• São Pedro de Sarracenos in Portugal
• São Pedro de Balsemão in Portugal
• Volcán San Pedro, in Guatemala

Fictional characters

• Pedro, a character with the ability to heal from The Power of Five series written by Anthony Horowitz
• Pedro, a character from Excel Saga
• Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, character from Montezuma's Revenge (video game)
• Don Pedro, a character from Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare
• Pedro the Mail Burro, mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life
• Pedro, a main character from the film Napoleon Dynamite
• Pedro, the last mariachi of a distant future who travels through time with younger versions of himself to sing at birthdays, in Sam & Max Season Two

Other

• Pedro (card game), a card game
• Pedro (video game), a 1984 video game
• Pedro and Frankensheep, an animated television series
• Pedro (film), a 2008 film

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pedro
2. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter

See also

• Pedro Páramo, a novel by Juan Rulfo
• Pedro Ximénez, a white grape grown in certain regions of Spain
• Point Pedro, the northernmost town of the island of Sri Lanka
• El retablo de Maese Pedro, a puppet-opera by Manuel de Falla
• San Pedro cactus, native to South America
• Pedro the Lion, an Emo band
• Pedro Mountains Mummy, a mummy thought to be the remains of an anencephalic infant

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