Given name · also Latin
Pedru
“stone, rock”
Pedru is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Asturian.
Original LatinPetrus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pedru comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Pedru developed from Πέτρος.
Pedru’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Pedru developed from the Ancient Greek form Πέτρος. In Asturian usage, Pedru has a conventional equivalent in the English form Peter. In Asturian usage, Pedru continues an earlier form in Petrus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pedru has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Pedru comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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