Pedro

PEH-dhro (Spanish), PEH-droo (Portuguese)

Spanish; Portuguese variation of Peter, Greek

"rock, stone"

Pedro Origin and Meaning

The name Pedro is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "rock, stone".

Pedro is one of the most familiar Spanish names for boys, via baseball star Pedro Rodriguez and many others.

Like its Anglo equivalent Peter, Pedro is not as popular as it once was. But it's among the elite group of boys' names that has ALWAYS ranked among the US Top 1000.

That final O sound, so fashionable today, gives this name an extra spin of style.

Pedro Rank in US Top 1000

# 401 in the US

Popularity of the name Pedro

• 401 US 2024
• 1816 Nameberry 2024
• 478 Future 2028
• 997 England 2019
• 66 Spain 2023
• 18 Portugal 2022
• 60 Mexico 2021
• 14 Brazil 2024
• 40 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Pedro

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Pedro.

• Felipe
• Karl
• Gustavo
• Juan
• Francesco
• Alberto
• Francisco
• Marc
• Jorge
• Gaston
• Omar
• Miguel
• Bernardo
• Maximiliano
• Eduardo
• Stephan
• Tom
• Sergio
• Carl
• Fernando

Famous People Named Pedro

• Pedro I (Pedro IV in Portugal) (born Pedro de Alcântara Francisco António João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim) First Emperor of Brazil
• Pedro II (born Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga) Second and Last Emperor of Brazil
• Pedro de Alvarado Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala
• Pedro de Arbués Spanish inquisator
• Pedro Almodóvar Spanish film director
• Pedro Jaime Martínez Dominican,American baseball pitcher
• José Pedro Mourão Lamy Portuguese racing driver
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca Spanish playwright and poet
• Pedro Martínez de la Rosa Spanish racing driver
• Pedro Rodríguez Mexican racing driver
• Pedro Louis Zayas aka Peedi Peedi American rapper
• Pedro Proença Portuguese football referee
• Pedro Maratea Argentine actor
• Pedro Pascal (born José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal) Chilean,born American actor
• Pedro Leon Sánchez Gil Spanish footballer

The name Pedro in Pop Culture

• Pedro Sanchez character in movie "Napoleon Dynamite" ("Vote for Pedro")
• Pedro character in The Power of Five novel series by Anthony Horowitz
• Pedro character from the Excel Saga manga series
• Don Pedro character from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
• Pedro Donaldson character from the webseries Nothing Much to Do (based on Much Ado About Nothing)
• Pedro Martin character in videogame series "The Evil Within"
• Don Pedro character from the Philippine story Ibong Adarna
• Pedro the Mail Burro mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life
• Pedro aka Panama Joe character in video game "Montezuma's Revenge"
• Pedro character in the Sam & Max Season Two video game series
• Pedro mascot of South of the Border roadside attraction
• Pedro red,crested cardinal in animated movie "Rio"
• San Pedro a community within the city of Los Angeles, California