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Pedro

masculine

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Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter, from Latin Petrus, ultimately from Greek Πέτρος (Petros), 'stone.'

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Distinctive — #455 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Pedro means From Greek Πέτρος (Petros), meaning 'stone' or 'rock,' via Latin Petrus.

Standard Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter, deeply established across Iberian and Latin American naming traditions, both as a religious name (via the apostle Peter) and as a broadly used secular given name.

Documented origin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter, from Latin Petrus, ultimately from Greek Πέτρος (Petros), 'stone.'

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishPAY-droh — US English (Spanish-influenced)researched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

Spanish: /ˈpe.ðɾo/

Portuguese: /ˈpe.dɾu/

Popularity without panic

Distinctive — #455 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Recognizable without feeling overused.

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