Meaning of the namePedro

Pedro is a masculine name of Greek origin, from Petros, 'stone', which appears in the New Testament as the name given to the apostle Simon.

Meaning

“stone”

Source: Wiktionary: Pedro · Wiktionary: πέτρος · Behind the Name: Peter

People (2022): 1,624,478
Rank in Brazil: #7
Median age: 17 years
2010 Census: 1,219,605; people

Pedro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pedro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (479,410 people).

10,807 women 1,613,671 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Pedro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Pedro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 1.067%
Distrito Federal 0.967%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.964%
Tocantins 0.963%
Goiás 0.859%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	344,743	0.776%
Minas Gerais	172,877	0.842%
Rio de Janeiro	131,202	0.817%
Bahia	97,677	0.691%
Ceará	93,866	1.067%
Paraná	92,496	0.808%
Rio Grande do Sul	80,519	0.740%
Pernambuco	70,541	0.779%
Goiás	60,643	0.859%
Pará	58,461	0.720%
Santa Catarina	57,613	0.757%
Maranhão	55,938	0.825%
Paraíba	33,426	0.841%
Rio Grande do Norte	31,848	0.964%
Espírito Santo	29,886	0.780%
Mato Grosso	28,212	0.771%
Piauí	27,576	0.843%
Distrito Federal	27,236	0.967%
Amazonas	26,931	0.683%
Alagoas	23,693	0.758%
Mato Grosso do Sul	21,290	0.772%
Sergipe	15,919	0.720%
Tocantins	14,558	0.963%
Rondônia	11,709	0.741%
Acre	6,190	0.746%
Amapá	4,966	0.677%
Roraima	4,462	0.701%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Pedro

Wiktionary traces Pedro from Old Portuguese Pedro, Latin Petrus and Greek Πέτρος, derived from πέτρος (pétros), 'rock, stone', related to πέτρα, from which the Portuguese word pedra, 'stone', comes. Behind the Name gives the same meaning and says the name translates Cephas, 'stone' in Aramaic, a name that the New Testament gives to the apostle Simon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,624,478 people named Pedro, with a median age of 17.

Sources

Wiktionary: Pedro · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: πέτρος · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Peter · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Pedro · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Pedro

What does the name Pedro mean?

Pedro means “stone”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Pedro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,624,478 people with the first name Pedro, which ranks it number 7 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Pedro a boy's or a girl's name?

Pedro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 10,807 women and 1,613,671 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Pedro?

Pedro is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Pedro most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 1.067% of the state's population is named Pedro (93,866 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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