Pero (name)

Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage (Serbian Cyrillic: Перо) it is a diminutive form of the name Petar. In Portuguese, it was spelled Pêro until the 1990 Orthographic Agreement of Portuguese; now it is spelled Pero. The Portuguese given name Pero is an archaic variant of Pedro.

Notable people with the given name include:

Pero de Alenquer, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
Pero Antić (born 1982), Macedonian former National Basketball Association player
Pero de Ataíde (c. 1450–1504), Portuguese sea captain, author of a letter giving his account of an expedition in which he participated
Pero Blazevski (born 1972), Macedonian former basketball player
Pero Budmani (1835–1914), Croatian Serb linguist and philologist
Pero Bukejlović (born 1946), Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
Pero Cameron (born 1974), New Zealand professional basketball player
Pêro da Covilhã (c. 1460–after 1526), Portuguese diplomat and explorer
Pero Čingrija (1837–1921), Croatian politician
Pero Dias, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
Pero Dujmović (born 1977), Croatian basketball player and agent
Pero Escobar (fl. 1470–1500) Portuguese navigator
Pero Ferrús (fl. 1380), Castilian poet
Pero Jones (c. 1753–c. 1798), the eponym of a bridge in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom
Pero Kovačević (born 1957), Croatian lawyer and politician
Pero Kvrgić (1927–2020), Croatian actor
Pero López de Ayala (1332–1407), Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor and courtier
Pero Niño (1378–1453), Castilian privateer
Pero Pejić (born 1982), Croatian footballer
Pero Pirker (1927–1972), Croatian and Yugoslav politician
Pero Popović (1881–1941), Bosnian Serb painter
Pero Simić (1946–2016), Bosnian Serb journalist and historian
Pero or Pedro de Sintra (fl. 1462), Portuguese explorer of the west African coast
Pero Stanić (born 1963), Bosnian Croat volleyball player
Pero Škorić (born 1969), Serbian former footballer
Pero Stojkić (born 1986), Bosnian retired footballer
Pero Sudar (born 1951), former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pero or Pedro Tafur (c. 1410–c. 1484), Castilian traveler, historian and writer
Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450–1500), Portuguese explorer, writer of the official report of the discovery of Brazil

Pero is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A. J. Pero (1959–2015), American heavy metal rock drummer
Dainier Peró (born 1999), Cuban boxer, brother of Lenier Pero
George Pero (1916–1988), American tennis player
Lenier Pero (born 1992), Cuban boxer
Mike Pero (born 1960), New Zealand businessman

See also