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English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Pero (plural Peros)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pero is the 13544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2239 individuals. Pero is most common among White (83.79%) individuals.
Anagrams
Old High German
Proper noun
Pero
- (Bavaria) a male given name
References
- Schatz, Josef, Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre, 10.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Pero, itself from Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”), related to πέτρα (pétra) (compare pedra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pero m
- Alternative form of Pedro
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
A hypocoristic form of Petar. First attested in the 13th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Péro m (Cyrillic spelling Пе́ро)
- a male given name
Further reading
- “Pero”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024