Given name & surname
Pedro
“as solid and strong as a rock”
Pedro is a form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Original Spanishเปโด๎ร
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Pedro carries the interpretation “as solid and strong as a rock.” Pedro is a form of Peter. One Greek interpretation is “as solid and strong as a rock.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Pedro is used as a form of Peter.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pedro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94,582
- 94,083 boys · 499 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 1,711 babies
- 2025
- 684
- #455 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 684 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 455 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,704 in 2000. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (153). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175,194 as a first name in 2020; 6,980 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pedro’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Pedro has a diminutive in EDOY. Pedro shares a linguistic root with Peter. In Spanish usage, Pedro has a conventional equivalent in the French form Pierre.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pedro has relatives in 24 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 44
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Peterdoublet · English, French
- Pierredoublet · Portuguese, French
- Petarequivalent
- Petrosequivalent
- PieterDutch
- Piersdoublet · English
- Pederequivalent
- Petroequivalent
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- Perequivalent
- Peerequivalent
- Petterequivalent
- PiotrPolish
- Petrusroot · Dutch, German
- PetrCzech
- Kepaequivalent
- PeruBasque
- Peeterequivalent
- Pietequivalent
- Pjeturequivalent
- Pietariequivalent
- Pēterisequivalent
- Peteloequivalent
- Petkoequivalent
- Petteriequivalent
- Pjetërequivalent
- Péterequivalent
- Peetuequivalent
- Petriequivalent
- Petrasequivalent
- Պետրոսequivalent
- Pjeterequivalent
- Pehrequivalent
- Péturequivalent
- Pieriequivalent
- 彼得Chinese
- Пётрsource · Russian
- पेद्रुborrowing · kok
- Pekeloborrowing · Hawaiian
- Perecognate · Catalan
- PeadarIrish
- Πέτροςroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- PetruCorsican
- PêrBreton
- Boutrosdoublet · English
People named Pedro
- Pedro Calderón de la BarcaSpanish dramatist (1600-1681)
- Pedro SánchezPrime Minister of Spain since 2018born 1972
- Pedro AlmodóvarSpanish filmmaker (born 1949)
- Pedro I of BrazilEmperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826 (1798-1834)
- Pedro Álvares CabralPortuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
- Pedro II of Brazil2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. 1831–89)1825–1891
- PedriSpanish association football playerborn 2002
- Peter III of Portugalking of Portugal1717–1786
- PedroSpanish association football player (born 1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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