Pedro
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Pedro is the Spanish form of Peter, meaning “rock.” The namesake is Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the adventurous sixteenth-century Spanish privateer the book credits with discovering Florida.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Boys, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Pedro in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Pedro against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Pedro is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Pedro in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 684 boys were named Pedro, making it the #455 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 94,083 boys have been named Pedro, with the most (1,704) in 2000. It is most common, relative to births, in Massachusetts, Nebraska and Texas.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Pedro in other languages
- Peter Danish, Dutch, English, German, Slovak, Slovenian
- Per Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
- Peder Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Petrus Dutch, Latin
- Petter Norwegian, Swedish
- Pierre Dutch, French
- Peeter Estonian
- Pehr Swedish
- Pere Catalan
- Petar Slovenian
- Petko Slovak
- Petr Czech
- Petras Lithuanian
- Petru Romanian
- Petteri Finnish
- Piero Italian
- Piet Dutch
- Pieter Dutch
- Pietro Italian
- Piotr Polish
- Pjetur Icelandic
- Péter Hungarian
- Pétur Icelandic
- Pēteris Latvian
- Պետրոս Armenian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Pedro
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Pedro, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Pedro (Category 1) | 1990 | South Indian Ocean | 120 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Pedro
There are 3,306 towns and villages with Pedro in their name, in 36 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 1347🇧🇷 Brazil 646🇵🇪 Peru 158🇨🇴 Colombia 132🇧🇴 Bolivia 127🇪🇸 Spain 118🇵🇭 Philippines 100🇻🇪 Venezuela 84
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| San-Pédro | Bas-Sassandra District, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 390,654 | Map |
| San Pedro | Calabarzon, 🇵🇭 Philippines | 348,968 | Map |
| Point Pedro | Northern Province, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 89,810 | Map |
| Pedro Leopoldo | Minas Gerais, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 62,580 | Map |
| San Pedro | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 48,746 | Map |
| San Pedro | Buenos Aires, 🇦🇷 Argentina | 47,452 | Map |
| San Pedro | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 41,165 | Map |
| São Pedro | São Paulo, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 38,256 | Map |
| Pedro II | Piauí, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 37,894 | Map |
| San Pedro | San José, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 27,477 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Pedro
There are 67 lakes and reservoirs with Pedro in their name, in 11 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 22🇧🇷 Brazil 20🇨🇦 Canada 6🇦🇷 Argentina 4🇨🇱 Chile 3🇪🇸 Spain 3🇻🇪 Venezuela 3🇵🇪 Peru 2
| Name | Where | |
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| Don Pedro | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Lac Pedro | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Pedro | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Pedro | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Laguna Pedro | Santa Cruz, 🇦🇷 Argentina | Map |
| Pedro Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Pedro Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Pedro Lake | Nunavut, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Pedro Reservoir | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Pedro Virgen | Jalisco, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Pedro songs
One song on Wikidata has Pedro in its title:
- Pedro – Raffaella Carrà (1980)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Pedro
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Pedro.
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.
Pedro Borbón
Pedro Cachín
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Fictional characters named Pedro
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Pedro as a pet name
FurryName has found 180 dogs named Pedro in public pet registers, making it the #769 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Vancouver (6), Victoria (4), Burnside (3). Pedro as a dog name →
FurryName has found 13 cats named Pedro in public pet registers, making it the #549 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Nariño (municipality) (1), Golden Plains Shire (1), Villavicencio (1). Pedro as a cat name →
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